IndiaPublic sector2023 – ongoingMinistry of Communications
ASTR suspicious mobile-connection detection
India reported disconnecting more than 8.8 million mobile connections flagged by ASTR
Problem
Suspicious mobile connections could support telecom and financial fraud. The Department of Telecommunications needed to identify connections for further checks.
Approach
ASTR used AI and big-data analysis to identify suspicious connections. The department shared flagged numbers with telecom providers through its Digital Intelligence Platform. Providers disconnected connections that failed reverification.
Results
Takeaway
AI flags led to a separate reverification step before disconnection. The disconnection count did not measure confirmed fraud losses avoided.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Public sector
- Business function
- Finance, risk and legal
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Predictive analytics and ML
- Adoption
- Built in-house
- Goal
- Quality and risk
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
The ministry described ASTR's identification of suspicious mobile connections. It reported more than 88 lakh disconnections following failed reverification.
Full details are in the original sources.
