TRAI seeks views on new licence for new service under Telecommunications Act for sale of foreign SIMs & eSIMSTRAI is seeking comments on a new service authorization for foreign SIMs and eSIMs used in M2M/IoT devices destined for export. This move a...
04 Jul, 2025, 07.28 PM IST
KYC now mandatory for bulk business calls via mobile numbersThe Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has cautioned access service providers against offering internet telephony services for bulk bus...
18 Jun, 2025, 12.18 AM IST
Reliance Jio halts plans of express home delivery of SIM cardsReliance Jio has halted its plan to launch express home delivery of SIM cards. This happened after the Department of Telecommunications rai...
07 May, 2025, 12.15 PM IST
Airtel-Blinkit express SIM delivery service paused over security concernsAirtel's express SIM card delivery service with Blinkit has been paused following government concerns over security protocols. The Departme...
30 Apr, 2025, 04.39 PM IST
Telecom regulator releases recommendations for embedded SIMs in IoT devicesThe recommendations by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released Thursday are meant to address issues in regulating the IoT...
21 Mar, 2024, 09.09 PM IST
New SIM card rules from December 1. Here's all about itThe Department of Telecommunications (DoT) will implement new SIM card rules from December 1, 2023. The govt announced the rules in August ...
01 Dec, 2023, 02.56 PM IST
Telecom Department tightens norms to curb SIM fraudsThe Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in India has tightened rules around verification requirements for customers seeking mobile phone...
31 Aug, 2023, 09.57 PM IST
Are NRIs eligible to enrol for Aadhaar? Important FAQs on Aadhaar answeredAadhaar has become an important document for KYC verification, there arises many questions, one of which is ‘Are NRIs eligible to enrol for...
12 Sep, 2022, 01.22 PM IST
No threat of disconnection for SIM cards issued through Aadhaar: GovernmentIn a joint press statement, both the DoT and the UIDAI clarified that the Supreme Court judgment on Aadhaar nowhere states that the mobikle...
19 Oct, 2018, 08.21 AM IST
Sector regulators must guide companies post SC’s Aadhaar verdict, says UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan PandeyThe Supreme Court had said that Aadhaar authentication can be used only for government welfare programmes.
01 Oct, 2018, 06.48 AM IST
DoT issues guidelines for M2M number verification, allows eSIMsDoT has asked carriers that are offering machine to machine (M2M) services to follow KYC norms before issuing SIMs for the service.
17 May, 2018, 07.24 PM IST
UIDAI suspends Airtel, Airtel Payments Bank's e-KYC licence over Aadhaar misuseThe action follows allegations of Airtel using the Aadhaar-eKYC based process to open payments bank accounts of its subscribers without the...
16 Dec, 2017, 11.57 PM IST
Re-verification of old subscribers to cost Rs 2,500 crore: COAIIn a letter to the Telecom Department, COAI has estimated the cost of carrying out this activity at about Rs 2,500 crore.
19 Feb, 2017, 02.49 PM IST
Complete e-KYC of mobile subscribers: Trai asks DoT“The paper-based KYC process of customer verification is not robust enough, and the Authority has received several cases from the state pol...
24 Jan, 2017, 01.56 AM IST
Trai may suggest Aadhaar eKYC for outstation users buying SIMThe facilitation of Aadhaar-driven eKYC for the existing customer base will ensure proper verification of subscribers and address the secur...
22 Jan, 2017, 05.18 PM IST
Trai moots Aadhaar-linked digital scrutiny for new connectionsThe Authority sent the recommendations around 15 days ago after taking on board the views of the Solicitor General and the Attorney General.
23 Feb, 2016, 04.05 PM IST
Bengaluru cops on trail of 3 lakh SIMs without authenticationThe raids yielded 2,310 SIM cards. The investigations revealed that the accused were running this racket for the past one year.
27 Jul, 2015, 10.27 AM IST