A giant base of 1.2 billion active mobile connections, about 450 million of them in the 5G category, and 52% smartphone penetration make India a frontline user of the technology.

What is also true is that, for millions, mobile communications take place in a poorly regulated landscape where spammers, fraudsters and shady commercial entities try to trick users.

It is welcome, therefore, that the Union government has mandated telecom service providers to display the true identities of callers from November 1, including the registered trademark of a business or its name as entered in the Goods and Services Tax records.

Only recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the India Mobile Congress that mobile connectivity has emerged as a tool for good governance and is raising........

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