Chronicle Reporter, Bhopal, People of the city are worried that their 10-digit mobile can become inoperative any tome and they will have to obtain a 13-digit mobile.
The Department of Telecom (DoT) has reportedly issued a directive to all telecom operators in India, asking them to start issuing 13-digit mobile numbers.
However, the decision will not affect a normal user as the 13-digit numbers are meant only for M2M (machine2machine) SIM cards, or in other words, the cards that are used in automated machines. The decision will not have any bearing on Person-to-Person mobile numbers, or ordinary 10-digit consumer mobile connections.
The directive from DoT had come on January 8, 2018, post which the companies have started working on it. The decision has been taken to provide better security features to users. Under this latest development, the existing numbers of M2M connections will be ported to 13 digits.
