September 10th, 2017 1:10 PM 101 COMMENTS

Mobile Numbers Not Linked With Aadhaar Number Will be Deactivated After February 2018

Earlier this year, the Supreme Court passed an order and provided a deadline of exactly one year- February 6, 2018, for the existing mobile subscribers to link their SIM card with their Aadhaar number. And now, a report from PTI says that the "government is moving ahead with linking Aadhaar with mobile SIM cards and all unlinked phones will be deactivated after February 2018." The report says that Aadhaar mobile... Read More

May 31st, 2017 7:31 PM 92 COMMENTS

Airtel and Idea Ask Customers to Re-Verify Connections Using Aadhaar

India telecom operators Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular have started sending messages to their subscribers asking them to complete the mandated e-KYC process by reverifying their connections with Aadhaar. Idea Cellular in a message to customers said, "We request all subscribers (excluding the subscribers who have opted their mobile connection via E-KYC mode –Aadhaar based activations by providing biometric) to visit their nearest Idea outlets & follow simple steps to... Read More

February 6th, 2015 3:36 PM 10 COMMENTS

Soon Aadhaar card to be made mandatory for new mobile connections in 5 circles

Government of India entities, as well as major telecom operators, have agreed to test Aadhaar-card based e-KYC for issuing SIM cards in five circles as a pilot project. With this, Aadhar number will be mandatory for one to buy a new Sim card. However, all telecom companies to slowly ask customers to submit their Aadhar number with their new connection request. Two months ago, Department of Telecom (DoT) had asked... Read More

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