Ban On Sim Cards

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  Delhi Cops Bust Gang Sending Activated SIM Cards To Vietnam For Gaming Apps

  Four people have been arrested here for allegedly sending activated SIM cards to Vietnam to be used for gaming and social media applications and they received payments on a cryptocurrency platform banned in India, police said on Sunday.

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  Ban On Bulk SIM Card Connections: Government's Move To Check Cyber Fraud

  In a bid to check digital frauds, the government has made verification of dealers selling SIM cards mandatory and discontinued the provision of issuing bulk connections, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday.

• Nigeria fines Airtel, others for poor service

  Nigeria's telecoms regulator has fined mobile operators MTN, Airtel and Globacom a combined 647.5 million naira and banned them from selling SIM cards in March due to poor service, it said on Thursday.

• Pak SIMs banned in border areas of Rajasthan

  The district administration has banned the use of Pakistani SIM cards as a preventive measure in border areas close to the Indo-Pakistan border as a preventive measure. "Signals of Pakistani mobile towers are easily accessible in bordering areas, so we have banned the use of Pakistani SIM cards here," Jaisalmer district collector Girraj Kushwa...

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  Kashmir can use pre-paid SIM cards again

  The government has withdrawn its controversial ban on pre-paid SIM cards in Jammu and Kashmir.

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  Second chance for Kashmir's pre-paid mobiles?

  After protests by cell phone users and operators, the government says it's rethinking a ban on pre-paid sim cards for mobile phones in Kashmir.

• Protests against ban on pre-paid phones in J&K

  Starting Sunday, fresh pre-paid mobile connections will not be issues in Jammu and Kashmir; existing pre-paid SIM cards will also not be renewed.