TRAI Seeks Feedback On Norm For Transferring Ownership Of Machine-To-Machine SIMs

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has requested feedback on the transfer of ownership of SIM cards used for machine-to-machine communication, such as monitoring remote patients, diagnostic equipment, and alerts from surveillance systems.

The provision to transfer SIM ownership is available in case of consumers, but such norms are not there in the case of machine-to-machine communications.

"The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has today released a Consultation Paper on 'The Issues Related to Critical Services in the M2M Sector, and Transfer of Ownership of M2M SIMs'," Trai said in a statement.

The regulator is also exploring views on defining critical applications for which SIM ownership transfer should be allowed. TRAI has fixed July 22 as the last date for comments and Aug. 5 for the counter comments.

(With Text Inputs From PTI)