Department of Telecommunications setting up mobile number validation platform to prevent fraud, benefitting social media, banks, and e-commerce.

DoT’s Mobile Number Validation platform may require businesses to validate user phone numbers, raising compliance and privacy concerns.

India's telecom sector is set for a cybersecurity overhaul with the DoT's proposed rules, introducing a centralized 'Mobile Number Validation' platform. This platform aims to curb online fraud by ...

DoT puts out draft rules to enable mobile user validation The draft rules would allow the government to order validation of private firms’ customers, if they use a mobile number. Companies can ...

UPI, others may soon charge you for mobile number verfication as DoT proposes new rules While the fee will be imposed on entities, it's still unclear who will ultimately shoulder the cost of ...

The DoT has suggested creating a mobile number validation (MNV) platform that will be accessible to telecom operators and entities such as banks, financial institutions, and ecommerce companies ...

The Department of Telecom has proposed revisions to cybersecurity rules aimed at reducing mobile number-based fraud. The draft, including a new phone validation platform, targets entities identifying ...

QR code-based phishing, or “quishing,” is not new. INKY itself warned about its growing prominence back in 2023, but forward two years and INKY says that attackers are now going a step further by ...

Key Amendments Proposed: 1. Introduction of MNV Platform A major highlight is the creation of a Mobile Number Validation (MNV) platform under Rule 7A. This platform will enable authorised entities, ...