Distributing Free SIM Cards?

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  Ashraf HZ

  Haha! The telecom version of "free food samples". As such, people can abuse that I suppose.
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  slugger

  Had some friends in college who gave out their new cell numbers every week or two 😀
  
  Address verification is any way a farce here - and now this. What would stop a terrorist from from using one such sim card to trigger an explosion - who would you track down the SIM to? Competition is pushing companies to do engage in activities that will end up endangering the already crappy security situation here
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  Sahithi Pallavi

  ash

  Haha! The telecom version of "free food samples". As such, people can abuse that I suppose.

  Ha ha! free food samples. 😀 Is it a kind of advertising?
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  Saandeep Sreerambatla

  Yeah Slugger thats correct!
  IF free sims are given that would result in a big security issue.
  Already we have a crap security!
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  Guttu

  Competition.. I saw reliance and Airtel giving free sims. One only need to give a xerox of ID proof
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  vicky_mailzone

  Its very interisting Question That u have asked.
  Telecom Companies do this type of stuff for increasing their customers as well as to attract & lure the faithfull customers of other companies.
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  Sahithi Pallavi

  @ Guttu : Airtel! Can't believe this.
  
  @ vicky : To increase the customers! But what's the use. People wont use them as their permanent numbers. Just they are attracted to free balance and free offers. After the completion of the offers, they no longer use them.
  
  And thats why, the terrorists using lots and lots of sims.
  TRAI should take severe action against this.
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  Gurjeet Singh

  Here In NCR a case happened,so Police blaming the shopkeepers,Now most of the shopkeepers stopped to sell Prepaid SIM
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  Suriyanarayan

  nice question SP.
  Whatever the field only thing that drives everyone is facing the stiff competition from others. so to withstand in the market every maker will do whatever their rivals do.
  We as consumers can make use of it as long as they are giving it as free one.
  but i also accept the fact that it will create a big security issue.
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  vinod12345madhu

  heard that the dealers get paid for activating the cards and also that they steal proofs and sell the fake proofs for higher price.
  its a national security issue.