Bharti Airtel has flagged 8 billion spam calls and 0.8 billion spam SMS messages within 2.5 months of launching its AI-powered spam-fighting solution. The AI-powered network has successfully identified nearly 1 million spammers every day,

As a result, Airtel said there has been a 12% decline in the number of customers answering these suspicious calls.

Bharti Airtel's AI-powered spam-fighting solution flags 8 billion spam calls, 0.8 billion SMSes, targeting male customers in Delhi.

Delhi has seen the highest number of spam calls, followed by Andhra Pradesh and Western Uttar Pradesh. Most spam calls originated in Delhi, with Mumbai and Karnataka next

Customers who have not opted for do-not-disturb (DND) and have subscribed to receiving promotional calls will continue to receive them from a 10-digit number with the prefix 140.

As per the report, devices priced between Rs 15,000 and Rs 20,000 receive about 22 per cent of all spam calls.