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WhatsApp banned 9,400 accounts involved in digital arrest scams since January this year: Centre to SCAuthorities are launching a major crackdown on digital arrest scams. WhatsApp has banned thousands of accounts involved in these frauds. Ne...- DoT extends deadline for OTT app SIM-binding to December 31The Department of Telecommunications has extended the deadline for SIM-binding by OTT platforms to December 31. This move follows industry ...
- New SIM-binding rules begin: WhatsApp and Telegram users to be affected the most. Everything you need to knowSIM Binding: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has implemented a mandatory SIM-binding rule effective March 1, 2026, for all messa...
- Centre's SIM binding directive on app-based messaging platforms 'unconstitutional': Tech industry body BIFThe matter pertains to a direction issued by the central government in November that will ensure app-based communication services, the like...
- SIM binding could end physical travel SIMs but boost eSIM adoption: ExpertsNew government rules will affect foreign SIM cards. Popular apps like WhatsApp will stop working on secondary numbers. This change is set t...
- Red Fort blast: Accused used 'ghost' SIM cards to communicate with Pakistani handlersHighly educated doctors used a sophisticated network of "ghost" SIM cards and encrypted apps to coordinate with Pakistani handlers for a te...
- RCS messaging caught in regulatory gray area after SIM verification orderIndia's SIM binding mandate has created regulatory ambiguity for Rich Communication Services (RCS). Experts highlight RCS's dual nature, us...
- Telecom body backs SIM-binding order, dismisses privacy concernsTelecom operators back the DoT's SIM-binding rule for messaging apps, calling privacy concerns 'misplaced narratives.' This move aims to en...
- Why your WhatsApp Web may now log out every six hoursUnder the new rule, the DoT requires messaging apps, including WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal, to implement "SIM binding", i.e., linking of...
- DoT mandates SIM binding for WhatsApp, Telegram and other OTT apps to check online fraudThe Department of Telecommunications (DoT), which issued the directions on November 28, asked the OTT firms to implement SIM binding within...
- Telecom Dept hauls up Vodafone Idea for not complying with KYC rulesThe Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is behind Vodafone Idea (Vi) for providing mobile connections to corporate customers without fol...
- 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 ...
- TRAI proposes tweaks in MNP rules to curb SIM-swap fraudsThe Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has proposed changes to the mobile number portability (MNP) rules to prevent SIM-swap frau...
- DoT revises international roaming SIM card rules to enhance customer protection"The revised policy mandates the NOC holders to make provision for providing information regarding customer care service, contact details, ...
- 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.
- SIM renting case: DoT to file petition before Supreme CourtThe Department of Telecom is planning to file a special leave petition before the Supreme Court in a SIM renting case in which Vodafone, Ai...
- Vodafone contests Matrix allegations on it in SIM renting caseTelecom operator Vodafone has contested allegation levelled on it by international SIM card provider Matrix Cellular.
- Department of Telecom examining proposal of taking fingerprint for new SIM cardHe added the suggestion "is presently being examined in DoT and decision on the same is yet to be taken".
- Make biometric proof must for SIM card: Delhi Police commissioner Neeraj KumarCut-throat competition among the mobile service providers had led to laxity in carrying out the prescribed physical verification of a SIM a...
- Vodafone moves TDSAT against Rs 50 crore penalty by DoTVodafone approached the TDSAT challenging the Rs 50-crore penalty imposed by the Telecom Department (DoT) for allegedly flouting licence co...
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