TRAI - CNAP

" TRAI stands for Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, which is a government organization that regulates telecom services, broadcasting, consumer, UCC, broadband, and spectrum. "

" CNAP stands for Calling Name Presentation, a supplementary service that displays the name of the caller on a phone screen when someone calls. It's similar to Truecaller, another service that shows the caller's name. CNAP is used in US-based telephone networks and is often displayed in Caller ID. The information could be the person's name or a company name. "

In India we have 3 private telcos namely Airtel, Jio, and Vodafone-Idea ( Vi ) and one Govt telco BSNL.

TRAI has recommended that all the telcos should implement CNAP but, private telcos are saying CNAP should not be made mandatory but should be only optional.

CNAP is all about displaying the name of the Caller as per the KYC document submitted at the time of getting the connection. I don't understand why private telcos should be having an objection in implementing this.

Infact, TRAI has also started trails in Mumbai and Haryana and expecting it to implement gradually in all the other States sooner or later.

In my opinion, CNAP should be made mandatory by all the telcos, which will help in curbing pesky and blank calls. Hope this feature will be LIVE soon.