$[x2 Indian government decrees that WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, etc. must ensure continuous SIM binding with services]

• Indian government has classified each of WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Arattai, Snapchat, ShareChat, JioChat, and Josh as a Telecommunication Identifier User Entity (TIUE)

• TIUEs must fulfill a range of cybersecurity obligations

• TIUEs must ensure that SIM cards remain continuously linked to their services, they must make it impossible for their users to use services without a SIM

• For website or web-app-based access, TIUEs must ensure users are logged out periodically (not later than 6 hours) and must offer an option to relink accounts through a QR-code-based method

https://www.medianama.com/2025/11/223-dot-sim-binding-directions-to-whatsapp-and-telegram/