Bharti Airtel dials rivals to form anti-spam front, with DoT and TRAI pushing for a solution

New Delhi: The fight against spam calls and messages could see the otherwise bitterly competitive Indian telecom operators joining forces. Bharti Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal has written to the heads of rivals Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea, state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Tata Teleservices to establish a system of sharing details of corporate connections used for commercial calling, in order to monitor and prevent the misuse of such connections.