DoT disconnects 17 million fraudulent mobile connections so far – Industry News
The department of telecommunications (DoT) has disconnected over 17 million fraudulent mobile connections so far and blocked near 190,000 handsets involved in cyber crime, according to data shared by the government.
The same has been done on the basis of complaints DoT received on the Sanchar Saathi portal and inputs received from key stakeholders such as ministry of home affairs, banks, etc. According to the DoT data, it has analysed 1.34 billion mobile connections till date based on the complaints.
Sanchar Saathi portal is a citizen-centric service by DoT to find mobile connections issued in their name, disconnect the connections not in their name, block and trace stolen/lost mobile phones and check genuineness of devices while buying a new/old mobile phone.
Lately, the government also launched Chakshu portal to report the suspected or unsolicited communications received through call, SMS or WhatsApp
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Mittal said, DoT is working in tandem with different departments to curb the menace of pesky calls and spam messages.
Besides the issue on fradulent calls, the government in a separate communication said the country has 99% coverage footprint in 4G with over 600,000 villages covered in 4G. Total number of 5G base transceiver stations (BTS) was at 442,000.