How many mobile SIMs are active on my ID?: If a SIM registered in your name is active, which you are not using, you may incur losses. You may get in trouble if this SIM card is used for illegal activity.
Even if you use one or two SIM cards, do you know how many SIMs are registered with your ID? If you do not know the answer to this question, you can get in trouble. According to the new rules of the Department of Telecom, only 9 SIMs can be activated on one ID. The limit is 6 SIMs for the north-eastern states, including Jammu and Kashmir and Assam. If more than 9 SIMs are registered in your name then you need to do KYC. If the SIM is not verified, it will be deactivated.
How many mobile SIMs are active on my ID?
The Department of Telecom issued a notification on 7 December 2021. According to which customers will have 60 days to verify the SIM. International roaming users, sick and disabled customers will get an additional 30 days. If you want to know how many SIMs are registered with your ID after the new notification is released, we will let you know the process.
It is important to know how many SIMs are active
If a SIM registered in your name is active, which you are not using, you may incur losses. You may get in trouble if this SIM card is used for illegal activity. So be careful.
The Department of Telecom has developed the TAFCOP (Telecom Analytics for Fraud Management and Consumer Protection) portal. A database of all active mobile numbers in the country has been uploaded on this portal.
Find out the number of SIMs registered this way
- First open the portal tafcop.dgtelecom.gov.in.
- Log in with the mobile number and OTP in the box here.
- You will see a list of all the mobile numbers of the active SIM card from your ID.
- If there is a number in this list that you are not aware of, you can report it.
- Select the number for it and select ‘This is not my number’.
- Submit the name written in the ID given in the box above.
- Now click on the Report box below.
- You will also get a ticket ID reference number after making a complaint.
The Department of Telecommunication (DoT)under the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology increased the number of mobile connections per person in 2018. It has raised the number by 18, which includes 9 SIMs that can be used for normal mobile communications and the rest 9 for M2M (Machine to Machine) communications.
According to the guidelines for complete subscriber verification, it is the responsibility of the device maker to preinstall M2M.
The end-user should also update the subscriber details if the device is transferred to any other user. This initiative was taken by the DoT in 2019 for the development of the Telecom Analytics for Fraud management and Consumer Protection(TAF-COP) portal website to extend help to the subscribers.