Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Before I pump the criticism part of the story I would like to add some statistics about Indian mobile and networking Industry. In the past year the number of mobile handset purchases in India surged by 4.6% while the number of connections subscribed were doubled. This says that the sims issued were not the unique ones. Still, the statistics doesn't look promising.
How many sim cards do you expect an individual carries?
Well, this is one question which is easily answered by a school boy who posses a couple of sim cards (one personal for lathika living in next lane). Let us evaluate some reasons behind the multiple sim usage.
People who live in other states? Well, people like me do exist in lacs who has to live a considerable time in different state carry multiple sim cards.
Who desperately need privacy? Big-shots of many companies don't want to mess up their personal life with the office and hence use two.
The above two cases are genuine.
There are at least a million citizen in India who maintain multiple sim cards because they are cheaper that a plate idli or dosa. Many use different sim cards for outgoing calls, incoming calls, smses etc., Statistics published in a networking magazine indicated the surge in dual sim phone purchases in the last few months.
Risk & Nuisance . . .
The worst part besides these meaning less usages is using for anti-social activities. We don't dispose sims properly, buying a sim without proper verification details is possible and this poses a serious threat to the country. Lots of mischief is also possible from insane youth who stalk girls.
It's also irritating to go through 'my new number' messages. . .
Be conscious .. . .
Recent decision taken by Government of India to penalize the service providers for issuing sim cards without proper documents is an appreciable move. The amount was huge and for a short period of time and hence indicates a stronger action a head. Some of the network providers already started address verification and others yet to! Let us see a better India!
Who desperately need privacy? Big-shots of many companies don't want to mess up their personal life with the office and hence use two.
The above two cases are genuine.
There are at least a million citizen in India who maintain multiple sim cards because they are cheaper that a plate idli or dosa. Many use different sim cards for outgoing calls, incoming calls, smses etc., Statistics published in a networking magazine indicated the surge in dual sim phone purchases in the last few months.
Risk & Nuisance . . .
The worst part besides these meaning less usages is using for anti-social activities. We don't dispose sims properly, buying a sim without proper verification details is possible and this poses a serious threat to the country. Lots of mischief is also possible from insane youth who stalk girls.
It's also irritating to go through 'my new number' messages. . .
Be conscious .. . .
Recent decision taken by Government of India to penalize the service providers for issuing sim cards without proper documents is an appreciable move. The amount was huge and for a short period of time and hence indicates a stronger action a head. Some of the network providers already started address verification and others yet to! Let us see a better India!
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