DoT to make subscriber verification stricter

DoT to make subscriber verification stricter

Says financial penalty of Rs.. 1000 would be imposed service providers for each unverified/improperly verified subscriber

Monday, October 20, 2008

NEW DELHI,INDIA: Minister for Communications and Information Technology, A. Raja told Indian Parliament that instructions for verification of subscribers were issued to all mobile telephone service providers to ensure adequate verification of each and every customer before enrolling him as a subscriber.

In reply to a question Lok Sabha today, he said the service providers have been asked to ensure 100 per cent verification and disconnect those connections, which have proper identity and address proof and photograph of the customer.

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is carrying out audit to ascertain the status of compliance of instructions relating to subscriber verification, said the minister.

Based on the reports of monthly audit, it has been observed that the correct subscriber verification percentage on the average is about 80 per cent, wherein photograph and copies of documents for identity and address proofs have been obtained by service providers.

Observing that all the service providers are lacking in meeting the requisite compliance of instructions relating to 100 per cent subscriber verification, A. Raja said that the government has decided to impose financial penalty of Rs.. 1000/= per unverified/improperly verified subscriber on the defaulting service providers.

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