Urgent call! House panel backs DoT’s number check plan

New Delhi: The telecom department’s move to introduce a mobile number validation (MNV) platform by amending the telecom cybersecurity rules has got support from the parliamentary standing committee on home affairs, which wants it to be implemented nationwide in collaboration with banks, non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and fintech platforms to limit the use of mobile numbers in fraudulent or mule accounts.

The committee, which tabled its report in Parliament last month, also recommended continued investment in indigenous artificial intelligence (AI) technologies like AI powered facial recognition solution for telecom SIM subscriber verification to prevent identity fraud at the point of issuing SIM cards.