A new method of mobile phone SIM verification has been introduced

 

NADRA launched multi-biometric verification system

The telecom industry in Pakistan has introduced a more efficient method of verifying mobile phone SIMs, whereby more than one fingerprint will now be fed into the system.

Cellular mobile operators and NADRA signed an agreement at the headquarters of Pakistan Telecommunication (PTA) on Friday after which the new system has been implemented.

According to the statement issued by PTA, after the introduction of Multi-Finger Biometric Verification System (MBVS), now the cellular mobile operators will not be able to verify the SIM with the thumb but other fingerprints while selling the SIM to any user. It will also have to be registered on the machine.

According to the PTA, the BVS devices with the companies have been upgraded, now thumb and fingerprints can be verified.

The statement said that it will no longer be up to the representative of the cellular mobile operator to request a thumb or finger print from the customer, but the system will dictate which fingerprints to register.

The PTA says this will discourage getting SIMs in fake names while protecting users' data and phone SIM usage.

Chairman Nadra Tariq Malik said that fraud and forgery can be eliminated with fingerprints. .