India, June 26 -- Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has reported that its fraud detection system has helped protect over 3.5 million subscribers in the Delhi-NCR region. According to the company, this figure was reached within 43 days of deploying its real-time fraud monitoring technology. The service is provided at no extra cost and is automatically enabled for all Airtel broadband and mobile users.

The system scans and filters potentially harmful links shared across a range of platforms, including email, SMS, web browsers, and messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, and Instagram. Links identified as malicious are flagged before a user can interact with them, and access is blocked if a threat is confirmed.

Delhi-NCR has been...