Aadhaar eKYC Mandatory for New Mobile Connections, DoT Orders Re-Verification of 1.1 Billion Users
The telecom department has now made it mandatory for all the telecom operators to initiate a new verification exercise based on their Aadhaar identification for 1.1 billion telecom subscribers--both prepaid and postpaid -- in India. In a bid to conduct Aadhaar based re-verification, telcos will have to send an SMS to a customer with a verification code after establishing that the SIM card is physically available with the person. "Only... Read More
