{
  "id": 2128461,
  "title": "Government Directs Telcos To Ensure Customers Do Not Exceed The 9-SIM Limit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/government-directs-telcos-to-ensure-customers-do-not-exceed-the-9-sim",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T11:19:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/government-directs-telcos-to-ensure-customers-do-not-exceed-the-9-sim-limit"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "New Delhi: The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has directed the telecom companies to strictly enforce the rule of not issuing a new mobile phone connection to any subscriber already having nine SIMs, an official statement said on Thursday. \"From August 24, 2026, onward, TSPs (telecom service providers) shall take appropriate technical and organisational measures to identify each subscriber…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}