The Government on Friday extended the ban on bulk Short Message Services (SMS) and Multi-media Messaging Services (MMS) in the country for another three days till October 4.
The ban is to make sure that peace is maintained after the controversial Ayodhya verdict.
The ban on bulk SMS, which is mainly used for marketing, has affected various information-based services such as SMS alerts on cash withdrawal and debit card spending, balance enquiry and transaction details, share-trading alerts and SMS-based Internet banking.
It has resulted in inconveniences to those air and rail travellers as they are unable to get updates on travel details.
Earlier, the ban was till September 24 to check the spread of rumours or hateful messages, which was later extended till September 30 again after the Supreme Court deferred the Ayodhya verdict for a week. It was again extended by a day to October 1.