Telecommunications (Telecom Cyber Security) Amendment Rules, 2025 Notified

The Telecommunications (Telecom Cyber Security) Amendment Rules, 2025 ('Amendment Rules'), notified on October 22, 2025, have come into force immediately, and significantly expand the scope and instruments available to the Government to curb telecom- and device-enabled fraud. They amend the principal Telecommunications (Telecom Cyber Security) Rules, 2024 ('Telecom Cyber Security Rules') to introduce a new compliance category, a centralized verification gateway, and tighter controls on device identifiers.

What Amendment Rules Do

The key amendments approved, inter alia, are summarised below:

i. The Amendment Rules define Telecommunication Identifier User Entities ('TIUEs') as any person other than a telecom licensee or authorised entity that uses telecommunication identifiers to identify customers or users or to provision or deliver services. In practical terms, this brings a wide array of digital platforms and enterprises—banks and fintechs, e‑commerce and