Airtel flags 98.4 billion spam calls amid sharp rise in digital fraud cases
India’s digital economy is expanding rapidly, but cyber fraud is growing alongside it in both scale and sophistication. What was once largely limited to spam calls and phishing messages has developed into a wider ecosystem of fraud, including impersonation scams, fake banking requests, malicious links, investment fraud, and OTP-linked financial scams.
Government and industry data suggest the threat is now both widespread and increasingly organised. According to the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), Indians lost more than ₹52,976 crore to cyber fraud over the last six years. NCRB data also shows a steady rise in cybercrime cases, even as overall crime levels across the country have declined.
As digital services become more deeply embedded in everyday life, across banking, payments, healthcare, commerce, and government services, telecom networks are expected to play a larger role in digital safety. Users increasingly expect networks not just to provide connectivity, but also to...
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