{
  "id": 545886,
  "title": "TRAI Rolls Out 1601 Number Series For Utility, Courier & Logistics Calls",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/trai-rolls-out-1601-number-series-for-utility-courier-logistics-calls",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-11T07:15:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/tech/trai-rolls-out-1601-number-series-for-utility-courier-logistics-calls"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a fresh directive introducing the 1601 numbering series, aimed at transactional and service calls placed by entities outside the banking and government space. The move extends the framework already in place for the 1600 series, which remains reserved exclusively for calls from the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance sector along…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}