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DoT consults telcos to chart post-Aadhaar road to verify customers

Source said a few meetings between DoT officials and telecom operators have already taken place but no final decision has been arrived at

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Kiran Rathee New Delhi
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is consulting telecom operators to chart an alternate mechanism to verify customers after the Supreme Court (SC) judgment barring online authentication using Aadhaar numbers.

Source said a few meetings between DoT officials and telecom operators have already taken place but no final decision has been arrived at.

“The DoT has asked for the opinion of the attorney general about the SC’s order and what could be done for customer verification that will comply with the order,” a source said.

As of now, mobile operators are on-boarding new customers using Aadhaar authentication.

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