Miffed at cases of non-compliance with mobile telephone subscriber verification in Jammu and Kashmir, the government on Monday warned the operators that their services might be closed in case of violation of the guidelines.
Union Home Secretary G.K. Pillai met the CEOs and Managing Directors of seven telecom firms — Aircel, Bharti Airtel, Tata Teleservices, RCom, Idea, Vodafone and BSNL — and asked them to complete the verification of all subscribers within a week.
Mr. Pillai informed the operators that success rate was just 50-80 per cent and asked them to ensure that there was strict compliance with instructions issued by the Department of Telecom in January this year, sources said.
Secret audit
The Home Ministry had asked security agencies to conduct a secret audit of whether the operators were following the guidelines. It was found that out of a sample of 500 cellphones, the verification norms were violated in 65 per cent of the cases, raising security concerns.
