NEW DELHI: The telecom department has barred telcos from Aadhaar-based digital authentication in line with a Supreme Court order, dealing a big blow to the likes of Reliance Jio<\/a>, Bharti Airtel<\/a> and Vodafone<\/a> Idea who now have to revert to the more time-taking and costly means of physically verifying subscriber details, till an alternate method is implemented.
The DoT<\/a>, in its notification issued Friday, has also said that telcos should prepare to adopt an alternate digital process which envisages a customer acquisition form (CAF) be embedded with live photographs of subscribers and scanned images of a proof of address and identify, which will make the entire process paperless.
“....all licensees are to discontinue the use of Aadhaar eKYC (electronic know your customer) service of Unique Identity Authority of India (UIDAI) both for verification as well as for issuing new mobile connections,” said the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Friday.
The operators have been given time till November 5 to comply with the order and report their compliance. The carriers also need to offer the proof of concepts of the alternate digital means of customer verification by November 5 for approval.
The DoT though has directed that all operators need to stop using the Aadhaar-based e-KYC<\/a> for re-verification its existing subscribers with immediate effect.
“Meanwhile this (alternate digital) process can be implemented provisionally by all TSPs (telecom service providers). Any modification which may be required in this process by the government shall be carried out within a period of 30 days,” the DoT said.
DoT’s orders come after the Supreme Court order of September 26 that struck down the use of Aadhaar by private entities for digital authentication. The DoT’s direction will deal a blow to the telcos who were hoping that the government would continue to push Aadhaar for digital verification, on a voluntary basis, to allow saving of time and costs.
Analysts say Reliance Jio may be more affected that its rivals, as it could slow the pace of subscriber additions, potentially delaying the company’s plan to acquire a 50% revenue market share. The Mukesh Ambani-owned telco has been adding several times more subscribers every month than its rivals Bharti Airtel<\/a> and Vodafone Idea. Also, the consistently higher monthly additions may make verification costs greater for Jio than Vodafone Idea or Airtel.
“Shift from eKYC may increase the on-boarding time of customers as well as the acquisition costs. In the near term, modest slowdown in subscriber growth remains possibility but should only be short lived,” said HDFC Securities, in a recent note.
Until the apex court struck down the use of Aadhaar biometric data by private entities, telcos had onboarded more than 90% of new subscribers using the unique ID due to factors led by convenience, although some people avoided furnishing the biometric ID owing to fears of data leakage.
The DoT letter also states that the telcos need to remove the Aadhaar-based column in their customer acquisition forms and can use the 12-digit unique identity code as an identity proof like other identification proof, without the authentication feature, on a voluntary basis.
DoT had received legal opinion that carriers have no other option unless the government amends the law to allow Aadhaar-based biometric authentication, said senior officials.
“Operators will be unhappy, but we are left with no choice. Customers will now have to submit their documents, which will be digitally scanned and submitted to the telcos’ database. It will be back to the earlier days,” said a senior DoT official, who did not wish to be identified.
In earlier meetings with the DoT and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which administers Aadhaar, telcos had stressed that Aadhaar was the most secure way of digital verification and had requested regulators to find ways to bring it back.
More than 500 million people, or about half of India’s mobile phone users, have linked their Aadhaar to their phone number.
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点指导电信公司停止Aadhaar-based e-KYC
的点,周五发布的通知中,还说电信公司应该准备采取另一种数字过程设想一种顾客(CAF)嵌入用户的生活照片和扫描图片的地址和确定的证据,这将使整个过程无纸化。
新德里:电信部门禁止电信运营商Aadhaar-based数字认证符合最高法院命令,喜欢依赖的一个很大的打击Jio,Bharti Airtel和沃达丰(Vodafone)知道谁现在必须回到身体的更费时和昂贵的方式验证用户的细节,直到另一种实现方法。
的点在周五发布的通知中,还说电信公司应该准备采取另一种数字过程设想一种顾客(CAF)嵌入用户的生活照片和扫描图片地址和确定的证据,这将使整个过程无纸化。
“....所有被许可方可以停止使用Aadhaar eKYC(电子了解你的客户)服务的独特身份的权威印度(UIDAI)为验证以及发行新的移动连接,”周五电信部(点)。
运营商已经给定的时间直到11月5日遵守秩序和报告他们的遵从性。运营商还需要提供的证明的概念替代数字意味着客户验证的11月5日批准。
点虽然已经指示,所有运营商使用Aadhaar-based需要停止e-KYC为核实其现有用户。
”与此同时(或数字)过程可以实现暂时的茶匙(电信服务提供商)。任何修改可能需要在这个过程中,政府应当在一期为30天,”点说。
点后的订单订单9月26日,最高法院废除了使用Aadhaar的私人实体数字认证。点的方向将打击的电信公司希望政府将继续推动Aadhaar数字验证,在自愿的基础上,允许保存的时间和成本。
分析师表示,信实Jio可能是竞争对手的影响更大,因为它可能会减缓新增用户数的步伐,公司的收购可能推迟收入市场份额的50%。穆克什Ambani-owned电信多次添加更多的用户每月比其竞争对手Bharti附近的旅馆和沃达丰的想法。同时,持续每月增加会使验证成本上升为Jio超过沃达丰的想法或附近的旅馆。
“从eKYC转移可能会增加客户的加载时间以及收购成本。在短期内,适度放缓用户增长仍然但只能短暂的可能性,”印度证券说,最近在一份报告中。
直到顶端法院推翻了Aadhaar生物特征数据的使用由私人实体,电信公司已在超过90%的新用户使用惟一的ID由于方便领导的因素,尽管有些人避免提供生物识别ID由于数据泄漏的担忧。
点信还指出,电信运营商需要删除Aadhaar-based列在他们的客户获取表单和可以使用12位数的独特身份代码作为身份证明和其他身份证明,没有身份验证功能,在自愿的基础上。
点收到法律意见,航空公司别无选择,除非政府修改法律允许Aadhaar-based生物认证,高级官员说。
“运营商将会不高兴,但我们没有选择。客户现在必须提交他们的文件,将数字化扫描并提交到电信公司的数据库。它将回到早期,“点一位高级官员说,他不愿透露姓名。
在早些时候会见印度的点和独特的识别权威(UIDAI),负责管理Aadhaar,电信公司强调,Aadhaar数字验证的最安全的方法,要求监管机构想办法把它带回来。
有5亿多人,约一半的印度移动电话用户已经联系他们Aadhaar的电话号码。
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