DoT Has Issued A ‘Warning’ To Those Who Have Several Sims On Their Aadhaar.
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued an order requiring subscribers who have held their SIM for more than a year to re-verify it. There are nine connections across India, and six in the case of Jammu and Kashmir, the North East, and Assam, as well as Jammu and Kashmir, In the event of non-verification, the connection will be terminated.
Subscribers will be able to select from a variety of options. They want to keep the relationship they desire and turn off the rest. the connections, in accordance with the order, dated 7th of December
“If it is discovered via DoT’s data analytics that a particular subscriber has more than 9 mobile links (six in the case of J&K, NE, and Assam LSAs) across all TSPs (telecom service providers), all mobile connections will be highlighted for re-verification,” according to the DoT directive.
The term LSA stands for Licensed Service Area.
The Department of Transportation issued the order to investigate financial crimes, annoying calls, automated calls, and fraudulent operations.
The Department of Transportation has requested that all identified mobile connections that are no longer in use be removed from the database. If a subscriber shows up for verification and uses his option to submit, transfer, or deactivate mobile connections, the outgoing (including data services) capabilities of the “flagged mobile connection” will be suspended for 30 days and the incoming service will be suspended for 45 days.
If no subscriber shows up for re-verification, the number will be canceled within 60 days, starting on December 7.
“An additional 30 days will be allowed in the instance of a subscriber who is on international roaming, has a physical impairment, or is hospitalized,” the order stated. If the number has been flagged by any law enforcement agency or financial institution as a nuisance caller, outgoing services will be suspended for 5 days, incoming services for 10 days, and total disconnection for 15 days if no one shows up for verification.
“TSPs must communicate the abovementioned timelines to subscribers of flagged mobile connections on a regular basis by SMS, IVRS, e-mail, app, or any other available manner. Subscribers will also be informed on a regular basis as to why services are being suspended.” “According to the order.