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BSNL ordered to pay over Rs 55 lakh compensation to co-operative bank after duplicate SIM used to access OTPs in Rs 87 lakh fraudKarnataka high court has ordered BSNL to pay more than Rs 55 lakh in compensation and damages to a co-operative bank that lost over Rs 87 l...
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...
WhatsApp to roll out SIM binding, tighten curbs on digital arrest scamsWhatsApp has agreed to implement SIM binding and enhanced safeguards against prolonged scam calls, as per a Supreme Court filing. The compa...
Cyber frauds: Verification now mandatory for SIM card dealers, no bulk connectionsThe telecom operators will do mandatory registration of franchisee, point of sale (PoS) agents and distributors. This will help in eliminat...
17,000 extra SIM cards of subscribers beyond 9 connections deactivated in Bihar, JharkhandThe artificial intelligence and facial recognition-powered solution for Telecom SIM Subscriber Verification (ASTR) analysis by the DoT in A...
Telecom Department deactivates 2.25 lakh mobile numbers in Bihar & JharkhandThe Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has deactivated more than 2.25 lakh mobile phone numbers in Bihar and Jharkhand in the month of ...
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...
Any ID proof sufficient for new SIM but Aadhaar linkage must later: SourcesTelecom Secretary Aruna Sundararajan said there is no change in the prevalent rules that mobile phone companies cannot deny anyone a new SI...
SIM verification method for NRIs, tourists likely in 2-3 weeksA decision on evolving SIM verification method for these NRIs and foreign tourists is expected to be taken in 2-3 weeks, Telecom Secretary ...
Government simplifies Aadhaar re-verification of SIMs to help elderly, disabledThe telecom department in a notice on Wednesday, said that the carriers will also have to enable IRIS based authentication, as some citizen...
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...
Bharti Airtel to deploy e-KYC solution in 5,00,000 storesOn a daily basis, over 50,000 subscribers, including those in rural India, are activating their Airtel mobile SIMs using Aadhaar-based digi...
Over 125 million mobile phone users in Pakistan may lose connectionsInterior Minister Nisar Ali Khan last week set the deadline for the top five telecom operators - Mobilink, Ufone, Telenor, Warid and Zong.
Concern over SIM cards without verification of subscribersRaising the issue during Zero Hour, Naresh Agarwal (SP) said that according to a CAG report, 4.69 crore mobile users have SIM without verif...
Identities of several mobile users still unknown: CAG ReportThe identity of staggering 4.59 crore mobile users unknown;the government imposes hefty penalty on service providers for lack of verificati...
Fingerprints may soon be needed to get SIM cardsThe home ministry has asked the DoT to take fingerprints of the subscriber before activating the mobile numbers.
- Rs 42-cr penalty on telcos for failure to verify user details
Government imposed a penalty of a little over Rs 42 crore on the mobile operators for SIM cards bought on fake identity so far.
- DoT plans to tighten user verification norms
Telecom operators will have to pay a penalty and immediately de-activate a pre-paid mobile connection if they fail to follow the new norms ...
- DoT tightens subscriber verification norms
Telecom operators will have to pay a penalty and immediately de-activate a pre-paid mobile connection if they fail to follow the new norms ...
- Hutch issued SIM cards on fake ID
Close to 50 per cent Hutch subscribers in the Haryana Telecom circle have been issued SIM cards on the basis of forged identity documents, ...