New Sim Cards Will File FIR

You may be shocked after listening to this but yes its TRUE. If you are buying a new sim card and give a false details then you will be in danger.

This is the new diwali offer to all users from The Department of Telecom (DoT). The following things is to be noted or else he/she will be directly filed for FIR without intimation.

The following are the new agenda to be noted by all new subscribers.:

 1) Everyone should give a correct physical appearance  while you take the sim cards,and sim cards will be given to the particular physical identity who comes for it, only after checking his details on paper.
2) If anyone submits forged documents then the operator will automatically file a complain or FIR against the particular person.
3) The operators will be responsible for any inappropriate information provided by subscriber.
4) Only authorized dealer will be permitted to sell Sim cards.
5) The subscriber has to sign his photo on the form with the dealer.

So these are some of the Diwali offer given by DoT to all the new subscribers to stop illegal activities.
But do you really think this will help, India with more than a billion people....can they still manage to stop illegal activities. Lets see and hope for the best.

Sim Cards with 11 Digit Phone Numbers in India

The Department of Telecom (DoT) had previously proposed a transfer of numbers from 10 digit to 11 digit in January 2010. Indian telecom department had planned for 10-digit mobile numbering that would last for 30 years in 2003, but given the meteoric rise in the number of mobile subscribers, the quota is likely to get over very soon, which is why 11-digit mobile numbers will soon come in play. China and the UK are the only countries apart from India using 11-digit mobile numbers. 

India is facing a number crunch because the number of mobile subscribers is increasing astronomically. According to a report from The Times of India, Rajan Mathews, director general of the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), "The number series starting with 98 or 99 is reaching the end of its capacity. This may lead to a serious issue if a new series of numbers is not introduced till the middle of next year."

"In order to accomodate new devices, the mobile numbers will have to be increased by one digit. There can be an introduction of 12-digit numbers as well to ensure that there is no scope for any problem,” said Sandip Biswas, director at consultancy firm Deloitte in the report.

Biswas informed that the numbering system is totally goverened by the number of subscribers. The picture has changed after the emergence of mobility. These days the devices connected to the networks range from cars to tablets to washing machines, he added.