India's telecom authority DoT mandates permanent SIM binding for messenger services. WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal must comply within 90 days.

The Indian telecommunications authority, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), has instructed eight messenger services to implement a permanent binding to inserted SIM cards. Affected are WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Snapchat, ShareChat, as well as the Indian services Arattai, JioChat, and Josh. According to the directive, the companies must ensure within 90 days that their services can only be used with a physically inserted SIM card.

  • Cort@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    15 hours ago

    I just pay 15/month on mint for the lowest plan. Just so I can get directions and basic Internet while I’m out.

    • Zak@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      8 hours ago

      It looks like that plan allows 35gb of data use in a month before it throttles, I don’t think I’ve ever used that much mobile data.

      • zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        2·
        7 hours ago

        The $15 plan used to only be 2GB, which was honestly still enough for people that only use mobile data sparingly.

        • Zak@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          6 hours ago

          Yes, that’s adequate for someone who knows how their phone works and doesn’t stream video while out and about.