{"id":996005,"date":"2026-03-03T07:38:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=996005"},"modified":"2026-03-03T07:46:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:16:27","slug":"sim-binding-rule-explained-what-whatsapp-telegram-and-other-messaging-app-users-in-india-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/03\/03\/sim-binding-rule-explained-what-whatsapp-telegram-and-other-messaging-app-users-in-india-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"SIM-binding rule explained: What WhatsApp, Telegram and other messaging app users in India need to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning March 1, a number of significant regulatory and operational changes have come into force across India, affecting railway passengers, mobile users and the day-to-day costs borne by households. Among the key developments are the discontinuation of a current railway ticketing application, tighter requirements linking SIM cards to widely used messaging services, and the regular monthly adjustment of fuel rates, including LPG, CNG, PNG and aviation turbine fuel (ATF). <\/p>\n<p>Starting 1 March 2026, a significant update focused on strengthening online safety has taken effect, affecting people who use leading messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning March 1, a number of significant regulatory and operational changes have come into force across India, affecting railway passengers, mobile users and the day-to-day costs borne by households. Among the key developments are the discontinuation of a current railway ticketing application, tighter requirements linking SIM cards to widely used messaging services, and the regular monthly adjustment of fuel rates, including LPG, CNG, PNG and aviation turbine fuel (ATF). Starting 1 March 2026, a significant update focused on strengthening online safety has taken effect, affecting people who use leading messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,64,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-996005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-telecom-the-financial-express","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=996005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/996005\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=996005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=996005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=996005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}