Implementing digital KYC, NEA will now be able to carry the national identity card
Nepal Telecom Authority is going to implement Digital KYC (Know Your Customer). NEA has mentioned to implement digital KYC in the annual program of the Fiscal Year 2078/79.
NEA has stated that after the implementation of digital KYC, the obligation to go to the telecom office carrying citizenship and photo to get the SIM card will end.
Achutananda Mishra, co-spokesperson of Nepal Telecommunication Authority, said that it will be easier for customers to get SIM card after the implementation of digital KYC.
He said, “Some people are now stripping the citizenship of others.” That will not happen once digital KYC is implemented. ‘
Mishra says that after the implementation of digital KYC, if you go to the telecom office carrying your national identity card, the SIM will be issued.
For that, the data of centralized digital KYC of telecom sector will be in the authority. That data will be linked to the national identity card. After connecting to the national identity card, you will be able to get the SIM from Telecom by taking the identity card.
‘After the implementation of digital KYC, it is enough to bring a national circular to remove the seam. There is information with the national circular, ‘he told ICT News,’ I did not have to fill the form. Showed national identity card. Fills in the number from the national identity card. OK, SIM card is issued. ‘
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