{"id":6499,"date":"2025-12-04T11:40:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T06:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=6499"},"modified":"2025-12-04T13:49:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:19:52","slug":"what-is-a-cnap-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-a-cnap-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Caller Name Presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Caller Name Presentation Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the next few months, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will mandate telecom operators to show the KYC-registered name of all incoming callers using Indian phone numbers, a feature known as Caller Name Presentation (CNAP).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Caller Name Presentation\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CNAP is a technology that <\/span><b>enables mobile users to see an incoming caller\u2019s name, similar to Truecaller.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The system <\/span><b>retrieves the caller\u2019s name from a telecom operator\u2019s database<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and displays it on the recipient\u2019s phone.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Unlike third-party apps, CNAP<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will r<\/span><b>ely on the official Customer Application Form (CAF) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">details p<\/span><b>rovided during SIM registration.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>How Will CNAP Work?<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each <\/span><b>telecom provider <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will <\/span><b>maintain a database of subscriber names<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> linked to mobile numbers.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>When a call is made,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>system <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">will <\/span><b>fetch the caller\u2019s registered name<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>display it <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on the recipient\u2019s screen.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Initially, CNAP will work only within the same network, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">meaning an Airtel-to-Airtel call will display the caller\u2019s name, but cross-operator name display, such as Jio-to-Vodafone, will require regulatory approval for data sharing between telecom providers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>In February 202<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (<\/span><b>TRAI) recommended the adoption of CNAP for all smartphones,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> urging telecom operators to introduce the feature.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>aim <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is to <\/span><b>reduce customer harassment from unknown or spam callers.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/business\/spam-calls-dot-to-mandate-display-of-kyc-registered-names-on-incoming-calls\/article70352353.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caller Name Presentation is a technology that enables mobile users to see an incoming caller\u2019s name, similar to Truecaller. 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