DoT has directed operators to re-verify more than 6 lakh mobile connections in 60 days. These are the numbers which are suspected to have been obtained using illegal, non-existent or fake documents. This information was given in an official statement on Thursday. Let’s know about them.
The Department of Telecommunications has directed telecom operators to verify over 6 lakh mobile connections that are suspected to have been obtained using illegal, non-existent or fake documents, an official statement said on Thursday.The DoT has issued a direction to telecom operators to immediately re-verify the identified mobile numbers within 60 days. The statement said that the DoT has identified about 6.80 lakh mobile connections which are suspected to be illegal, non-existent or were obtained using fake and forged Proof of Identity (PoI) and Proof of Address (PoA) KYC documents.
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The Department has flagged around 6.80 lakh mobile connections as potentially fraudulent after advanced AI-powered analysis. The doubtful authenticity of the POI/POA KYC documents suggests the use of fabricated documents to obtain these mobile connections. DoT has issued directions to TSPs to immediately re-verify these identified mobile numbers.
All TSPs are mandated to re-verify the marked connections within 60 days. Failure to complete re-verification will result in disconnection of the respective mobile numbers. In April, DoT marked 10,834 suspicious mobile numbers for re-verification. Of these, 8,272 mobile connections were disconnected for failing re-verification.
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