Communication Apps Need To Comply With SIM Binding Rules By Dec 31
The SIM-binding rule mandates messaging platforms to provide their service on a mobile device only if there is an active SIM available in it.
New Delhi : Communication service apps need to report compliance with SIM-binding rules by December 31, Parliament was informed on Thursday. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Telecom, Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar, said that the web services of mobile apps are required to be logged out on the basis of risk-based analysis, and the government has not specified any time period for the log out.
"The government has issued directions to certain app-based communication serviceproviders to link the SIM card (associated with mobile number used for identification of customers/users or for provisioning or delivery of services) present in the device of the customer/user with the communication service apps concerned and has specified the timeframe for compliance with the same as December 31, 2026," the minister said.
Earlier, the compliance deadline for the rules was March 28, 2026.
The SIM-binding rule mandates messaging platforms to provide their service on a mobile device only if there is an active SIM available in it.
The Department of Telecom (DoT) had earlier mandated that users from active sessions of web versions of apps like WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, etc., be logged out after six hours.
