India’s fastest-growing telecommunication company, Airtel, recently brought a sigh of relief to its customers. With over 380 million people relying on Airtel, the company went the extra mile and kept them safe from yet another cyber attack—internet scams.
Today, as phones and the internet are touched by more hands, scam calls, SMS spoofing and phishing links reach more hands. The fraudsters use smarter ways day by day to lure money and personal information. But now that you’re an Airtel SIM customer, you now have an added layer of protection.
No More Panic Over Scam Calls and Links
Airtel has introduced an intelligent anti-fraud capability that quietly runs in the background to eliminate dangerous content from coming to you. The new technology will block spam calls, phishing SMSes and fishy links on all major platforms—emails, browsers, WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram and even SMS.
The good news: No software to download and no additional charge. The service will automatically be provided to all broadband and mobile customers. It’s not there, but it’s noticeable.
How It Works: Simple, Smart and Safe
Imaging you click on a link by mistake that leads you to a trap page. Instead of opening, the page simply does not open. Airtel will redirect you to a secure page with reasons why the page could not be opened. The feature is not limited to the browser but to most apps and platforms as well.
Airtel network employs sophisticated artificial intelligence for threat detection and real-time threat scanning.It prevents harmful websites from being visited on your phone, and it prevents harmful websites from gaining access to your phone. Security is always active.
A Decent Step Against Increasing Online Deception
Online fraud is not OTP fraud anymore. There is a full chain of copy-paste links and scams in which millions of subscribers are being dragged. Airtel recognized the increasing threat and found the time right to hit.
Bharti Airtel MD and Vice Chairman, Gopal Vittal, asserted that in the recent past, a great deal of innocent customers lost their hard-earned cash to clever cyber cheaters. His team architected this anti-fraud product so that nothing of this kind will happen ever.
He is certain that the solution is going to empower users on the internet when they browse online. Airtel’s newest solution provides guarantee of security, comfort and a high-grade online experience to everyone.
Airtel subscribers, your cyberspace is now safe.