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=== Limitation === In an effort to limit telemarketers who had taken to bombarding users with hordes of unsolicited messages, India introduced new regulations in September 2011, including a cap of 3,000 SMS messages per subscriber per month, or an average of 100 per subscriber per day.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/asia/3000-sms-a-month-limit-in-india-from-today/467985 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204011520/http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/asia/3000-sms-a-month-limit-in-india-from-today/467985 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 4, 2013 |title=3,000 SMS a Month Limit in India From Today |date=September 27, 2011 |author=Nirmala Ganapathy |newspaper=Straits Times Indonesia |access-date=November 10, 2011 }}</ref> Due to representations received from some of the service providers and consumers, [[Telecom Regulatory Authority of India|TRAI]] (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) has raised this limit to 200 SMS messages per SIM per day in case of [[Prepaid mobile phone|prepaid]] services, and up to 6,000 SMS messages per SIM per month in case of [[postpaid]] services with effect from November 1, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/trai/upload/PressReleases/843/press_release_for_8th_amendmenet.pdf |title=TRAI extends the 100 SMS per day per SIM limit to 200 SMS per day per SIM |access-date=November 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111163646/http://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/trai/upload/PressReleases/843/press_release_for_8th_amendmenet.pdf |archive-date=November 11, 2011 }}</ref> However, it was ruled unconstitutional by the Delhi high court, but there are some limitations.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2832402.ece |title=TRAI cap on SMS goes |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=January 26, 2012 |access-date=February 24, 2013 |archive-date=December 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121212073602/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2832402.ece |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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