Operation Octopus: Trapping the tentacles of India’s cyber fraud networkAmidst the alarming increase in cyber scams, the Hyderabad Police have initiated Operation Octopus, a mission aimed at dismantling the enti...
31 May, 2026, 03.28 PM IST
DoT to deactivate extra SIM of subscribers beyond 9 connections"If during the data analytics carried out by DoT, it is found that an individual subscriber is having more than nine mobile connections (si...
08 Dec, 2021, 10.17 PM IST
Aadhaar-mobile verification: No relief for NRIs, senior citizens and handicappedWith the online option yet to be launched, senior citizens, handicapped people, and NRIs can use the IVR option. However, this facility is ...
11 Jan, 2018, 03.28 PM IST
How NRIs, expats can re-verify their Indian mobile numbers with and without Aadhaar from January 1Until now re-verification of mobile KYC was to be done via biometric authentication of Aadhaar provided by the subscribers to the TSP at th...
13 Dec, 2017, 11.10 AM 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
Supreme Court seeks subscriber verification regime in place for mobilesAccording to the petition, despite directions by Trai, there were about 5.25 crore unverified mobile phone subscribers in the country.
24 Jan, 2017, 12.52 AM IST
Telcos may seek PMO nod to use Aadhaar biometric database to speed up subscriber verificationThe operators are planning to write to the PMO that they want to use the Aadhaar database to sell SIM cards or connections.
31 Aug, 2015, 07.17 AM IST
- Trai seeks easing of mobile subscriber verification norms
Trai seeks easing of mobile subscriber verification norms, saying the new norms will put “unnecessary burden” on operators as well as subsc...
20 Mar, 2012, 03.18 AM IST
- Action against telcos unable to re-verify customers
The telecom ministry has warned of strict action against any mobile service provider that fails to complete re-verification of all its cust...
08 Feb, 2011, 03.46 AM IST
- UID No. to be used for mobile user verification
The Unique Identification (UID) number project, which is poised to use the 700 million-plus mobile subscriber database and distribution net...
29 Dec, 2010, 05.46 AM IST
- Many mobile users blocked as telcos go on security drive
Telecom subscribers are beginning to feel the heat of DoT's stringent subscriber re-verification norms with many consumers using different ...
09 Oct, 2010, 04.18 AM IST
- Centre revokes prepaid mobile ban in J&K
The Centre, which had informed the Supreme Court less than a fortnight ago that the ban on prepaid mobile services in Jammu and Kashmir cou...
22 Jan, 2010, 04.47 AM IST
- Trai asks cell cos to speed up verification
Millions of mobile subscribers whose connections were deactivated during the verification drive despite submitting the requisite documents ...
20 Apr, 2007, 01.16 AM IST
- DoT against sample size method
Mobile operators’ suggestion to restrict physical verification of subscribers to a sample size has not found favour with the DoT.
18 Aug, 2006, 12.49 AM IST
- Mobile operators reeling under identity crisis
More than 40% of pre-paid mobile phone customers in Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai have subscribed to services without proper verific...
15 Jun, 2006, 12.56 AM IST
- Telcos ACT to ensure verification of mobile users
Cellular and Unified Access telecom operators, COAI and AUSPI, have set up a Apex Advisory Council for Telecom in India (ACT) to ensure tha...
02 Jun, 2006, 08.40 PM IST