Telcos may have to pay fine for unverified users (India)According to a media report, Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is considering penalties for all telcos that have not verified their subscribers. DoT’s sets up an internal committe to determine penalties and plans to impose fines of up to Rs.5,000 per unverified user.
The DoT is considering three different fines to come into force after April 2009:
- Rs.1,000 per unverified user will be applicable for those telcos whose verification rate is over 95%
- Rs.5,000 for operators with a verification rate of 90%
- Rs.10,000 for those below the 90% cut-off.
Fines can only be imposed after endorsement of the proposals by the Telecom Commission.
