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A viral message is doing the rounds on the social media stating that validity of SIM card will remain for 90 days, despite customers not recharging it.

Intra Circle Roaming (ICR) at DBN-funded 4G mobile sites will let BSNL, Airtel, and Reliance – joining forces to leverage each other’s infrastructure at all DBN-funded sites. 

Sim swapping scams have become increasingly prevalent, wherein scammers manipulate the network provider to associate the victim's number with a SIM card in their possession.

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The feature could allow manufacturers to get rid of the SIM card slot There have been reports in the past that Google is testing it on an engineering Pixel hardware.

The subscribers will be given the option to choose the connection they want to retain. DoT will deactivate the rest of the connections. The department order an issued on December 7.

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The Centre has issued a notice, stating that all the SIM cards have to be linked to Aadhaar before February 2018 to avoid deactivation of the phone numbers.

The number of units under Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to grow exponentially to 1.9 billion units in India by 2020 or about USD 9 billion, says a report.

In the latest, Trai, the telecom regualtor, is most likely o recommend the Department of Telecom that Aadhaar-based eKYC be allowed even for outstation customers who want to get a mobile connection in a particular service area.

Mobile operator Bharti Airtel on Sunday said it has rolled out over 20,000 units of Aadhaar based e-KYC solution across India, and plans to have the facility deployed in over 500,000 retail outlets, including in rural pockets, in the coming months.

The Department of Telecom has come out with new guidelines on SIM upgradation to 3G or 4G from 2G, which can be activated only with a clear go-ahead from mobile users and on their request.

European SIM maker Gemalto said Wednesday it had suffered hacking attacks that were likely conducted by US and British intelligence agencies but denied any "massive theft" of encryption keys that could be used to spy on conversations.

No financial details of the partnership were disclosed.

The central government is working hard to link mobile SIM with the Unique Identification (UID) number or Aadhaar, a senior official said here Monday.