DoT: Reverify 6.8L mobile numbers

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Updated At : 12:58 PM May 24, 2024 IST

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New Delhi, May 23

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has identified approximately 6.80 lakh mobile numbers suspected to have been obtained using invalid, non-existent, forged proof of identity and address.

The DoT has asked telecom service providers to carry out immediate re-verification of these identified mobile numbers within 60 days.

“Failure to complete re-verification will result in the disconnection of the identified mobile numbers,” the DoT said on Wednesday. The identification of suspected fraudulent connections — was done using an advanced artificial intelligence-driven analysis. About 372 mobile phone handsets linked to these numbers were blocked on pan-India basis on May 21 and 906 connections were suspended.

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