How Will it Work
Under the new system, anyone looking to get a new Airtel connection will need to walk into an Airtel authorized center with their Aadhar number and the store will verify their Biometrics (iris scan/fingerprint) with the UIDIA database. The details should instantly match and the connection gets activated immediately. Before this, a KYC was done using photocopies of various documents that manually needed to be submitted by everyone at an authorized center. After that, it used to take 24-48 hours for everything to be verified and only then could a user hope to start using the new SIM connection.
What They Said
These moves follow the Government’s initiative to go paperless when it had asked telecom players to offer e-KYC based on Aadhar. ALSO SEE: We Compare the 4G Speeds of Jio, Airtel and Vodafone in an Awesome Video The above article may contain affiliate links which help support Guiding Tech. However, it does not affect our editorial integrity. The content remains unbiased and authentic.