Apparently, the current system of physical verification adopted by
telecom companies while issuing new SIM cards isn’t working, which is
why the department of telecommunication is asked to collect customers’
biometric data. Reportedly the home ministry has proposed the new idea
and if it comes in effect, users may have to give fingerprints to get a
new mobile number.
A report on Economic Times sheds light on the matter of the physical verification system going for a toss due to the telecom companies’ competition amongst themselves to get as many customers as they can. But the ministry isn’t forcing this decision on service providers and is open to discussion with them as well as stakeholders to come up with a different procedure.
And the home ministry’s proposal is not limited to collecting data and saving it in a centralized database. It also wants DoT to link all of it with National Intelligence Grid so they can easily access it in case of a national security threat.
A report on Economic Times sheds light on the matter of the physical verification system going for a toss due to the telecom companies’ competition amongst themselves to get as many customers as they can. But the ministry isn’t forcing this decision on service providers and is open to discussion with them as well as stakeholders to come up with a different procedure.
And the home ministry’s proposal is not limited to collecting data and saving it in a centralized database. It also wants DoT to link all of it with National Intelligence Grid so they can easily access it in case of a national security threat.
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