Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone-Idea to WhatsApp, Snapchat and others: Government is ‘right’ on SIM-binding and seven ‘reasons’ you are ‘wrong’
Late last month, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) gave messaging platforms like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, and Snapchat 90 days to enforce ‘SIM-binding’. With ‘SIM-binding’ in force, these apps will stop working if users remove SIM card originally used for registration. The directive, that will go into effect starting effective February 2026, also mandates that web…