India is preparing to tighten its digital safety net in 2026 by linking phone numbers more closely to real identities, with ...

“SIM binding is basically verifying that the device on which you are using an app actually has the SIM which is linked to that app,” said Parag Kar, former vice president for government affairs (India ...

India is set to introduce SIM-binding and CNAP regulations, which are expected to affect how mobile users register and manage ...

The latest directive from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has created a new compliance challenge for messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram, which must deploy SIM binding and ...

As Indians lose billions to escalating cyber scams, here are the critical new cybersecurity rules mobile phone users can ...

“The mobile operator has a lot of capabilities. They are the ones who should be controlling it (fraud prevention), rather than passing the buck to app providers. App providers are just riding on the ...

The Centre recently passed directions asking social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal to enforce SIM binding, and automatic logout from web-based chats every six hours. According to ...

New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has welcomed the Government of India's recent directive mandating SIM-binding for app-based communication ...

App-based communication services providers and Indian telcos are at loggerheads over the SIM-binding directions issued by the department of telecom, which are to be complied with by the end of ...

For representation only. Mumbai: The government’s SIM binding mandate has renewed regulatory uncertainty over rich messaging service (RCS) channels. This is especially so in the case of whether RCS ...

To stop online fraud in India, 1Kosmos has come up with SIM (subscriber identity module) binding capabilities for the 1Kosmos BlockID distributed digital identity platform. With this solution, ...