October 29th, 2018 1:58 PM 5 COMMENTS

DoT Urges Telcos to Stop Using eKYC For Adding New Subscribers and Verifying Existing Users

The government has ordered telecom companies to stop using Aadhaar for electronic verification of existing mobile phone customers as well as for issuing new connections to comply with a recent Supreme Court order. The apex court had last month in a landmark verdict restricted the use of Aadhaar by private entities in the absence of a legal provision. To comply with the order, the Department of Telecom (DoT) Friday issued... Read More

October 16th, 2018 11:57 AM 1 COMMENTS

Large Telco Seeks More Time from UIDAI to Submit Alternate eKYC Plan: Report

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has already put a deadline for telcos to submit an alternate plan to the eKYC verification method. A new report from PTI now reveals that a large operator has sought more time to share its action plan to migrate to an alternate system of authenticating mobile users. The operator cited that reverting back to paper verification was not just costly, but it might... Read More

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