Ever since the process of legalizing mobile connection sales started it has given birth to many controversies. When PTA pushed all the TELCOS a little harder and had a strict stance on legalizing all the existing SIMs, mobile service provider eventually had to act upon the orders. Recently another controversy came on the scene when PTA found out that one of the TELCOs was found assigning fake information to already sold SIMs just to close the case (lets not name the service provider for now).

The fact is that most of them are doing the same thing and there is quite a possibility that someone out there is using a SIM that has been either issued on your ID card or has been assigned bogus information. Frankly TELCOS are not the only one to be blamed over here. The process starts from the sales outlets where your submitted information is not properly routed and often your filled form is mixed up with others and people end up getting there names assigned to someone else’s connection (I found out that one of the connections i was using was not mine as per the telco’s database, despite the fact that I had submitted all the required information).

The later part is easier to verify where you can check your own SIM if it belongs to you however there is no definite process to verify if someone else is using a SIM on your name and THAT SOMEONE COULD BE ANYONE (a terrorist, dacoit, some fraudulent person etc.).

This has already happened to few of my friends and relatives, where mobile phone connections on there name were misused and they were inquired about it. In my opinion there should be a proper process to verify all the connections which exist on your name because this problem has already started to emerge as a prominent issue and its better to act now by taking a preventive measure than later with a corrective measure (when the loss will be far greater).

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