South Korea is moving to add facial verification to mobile phone activation and opening procedures as part of a broader effort to curb SIM-swap abuse and voice-phishing activity. Policy materials ...

India's Department of Telecommunications mandates SIM-binding for messaging apps like WhatsApp, requiring users to maintain their original SIM for registration. This move, effective February 2026, ...

SIM reviews thousands of applications each year, and incomplete submissions remain one of the primary causes of processing delays. Early preparation of all required documents is essential to ensure a ...

A new directive will soon require users to access apps like WhatsApp only with theirregistered SIM card. The Centre is changing the way WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram work. A new directive from the ...

India's Union government mandates SIM card verification and six-hour session timeouts for messaging apps to combat cyber fraud. Platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram must ensure continuous SIM linkage, ...

The new SIM-binding rules will rewrite how Indians use their messaging apps. People will now no longer be able to run apps like WhatsApp, Telegram or Signal on a device without the active SIM card ...

India has more WhatsApp users than any other country, according to data from eMarketer. On Friday the department of telecommunications (DoT) asked companies that own messaging apps such as Whatsapp, ...

India to enforce 6-hour logouts; expats must keep WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal tied to SIM Dubai: New rules from India’s telecom ministry could change how you use messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, ...

eSIMs are becoming a popular alternative to traditional SIM cards. Unlike a physical SIM card that you insert into your phone, an eSIM is embedded within the device and can be activated ...

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued directions to app-based communication service providers to make it impossible for their users to use services without a SIM. This comes after the ...