DoT has developed new technology for those who get SIM cards through fake documents. SIM cards issued through this AI-based technology will be checked. If verification is not done, they will be blocked.

DoT has intensified the campaign to identify fake SIM card holders. The Department of Telecommunications has prepared to use AI Shield for SIM card verification. A new ecosystem has been developed for this. The Department of Telecommunications said that SIM cards cannot be purchased through fake documents. Apart from this, this AI Shield will secure the user's SIM card.

The Department of Telecommunications has shared this information from the X handle. DoT said in its post that India's AI Shield against SIM fraud. To deal with the misuse of mobile SIMs through fake or forged documents, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has developed ASTR which is making India's telecom ecosystem safe, smart and fraud resistant. It's not just technology - it's trust, transparency and security in action.

What is ASTR?

The Department of Telecommunications has claimed that ASTR is a tool equipped with a solution based on face recognition through Artificial Intelligence (AI). In this, telecom subscribers will be verified through the user's facial verification. This method will prove effective in preventing increasing cyber fraud. If someone has got a SIM card issued through fake documents, then the AI based face recognition feature will verify the document. If the document is not verified, the SIM card will be blocked.

In this way, the subscriber database will be checked through this new AI tool. All the SIM cards used through fake documents will be blocked. Recently, the Department of Telecommunications said that more than 4.2 crore SIM cards involved in cyber crime have been blocked. Using these SIM cards, users were cheated through calls or messages. Department of Telecommunications has investigated the numbers reported through Sanchar Sathi portal and has taken action to block the same.