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UIDAI directs telcos to enable a facility that will let users check the SIMs that are linked to their Aadhaar

The telecom service providers have been asked to invalidate unauthorised linkings and initiate action in such matters.

SC Aadhaar hearing as it happened: Court sets 31 March deadline for all UID linkages including welfare schemes

The Supreme Court reserved its order for Friday on a clutch of interim pleas seeking a stay on government's decision of mandatory linking of Aadhaar with welfare schemes.

SC extends deadline for all mandatory Aadhaar linkages to 31 March, will commence final hearing on 17 January

Supreme Court in an interim order extended the deadline for mandatory linking of Aadhaar with various services from 31 December to 31 March, 2018.

Deadline for linking Aadhaar to all services extended to 31 March, 2018

Aadhaar-PAN linking deadline extended to March 31

Aadhaar based SIM reverification through OTP, app or IVRS gets UIDAI nod; telcos can rollout process from 1 Dec

Supreme Court seeks Centre's response in Aadhaar case, pulls up telecom firms, banks for not clarifying deadline

The Supreme Court pulled up private companies for their messages which had asked customers to mandatorily link Aadhaar number to bank accounts, mobile numbers.

Malaysia launches a probe to investigate an alleged attempt to sell data of more than 46 million mobile subscribers

Customers of Malaysia’s biggest mobile service providers, including Maxis, Axiata Group’s Celcom and DiGi, among others, were affected.

Department of Telecom makes IMEI tampering a punishable offence that can attract a 3 year jail term

The move will help curb issues pertaining to fake IMEI numbers and also ease tracking of lost mobile phones.

Sixty lakh users in Bengal and Kolkata circles have linked Aadhaar to their SIM cards: Vodafone

Vodafone said the facility of linking existing mobile number with the Aadhaar, is available at all retail touch points.

SoftBank is working on reprogrammable eSIM technology for IoT; SIM to be carrier independent

Japanese telecom giant SoftBank appears to be dipping its toes in the Internet of Things (IoT) space with the announcement of an eSIM project for IoT devices.