Telecommunications
Where identity, payments and fraud meet.
The issues clients bring us.
- SIM and KYC fraud at retailers
- Distributor commission fraud
- Network roll-out kickbacks
- Scam liability
- Tower and asset theft
What we do about them.
- Retailer and distributor audits
- Vendor due diligence
- Fraud risk assessments
- Investigations of fraud networks
- Field verification
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The numbers behind the risk.
A US$315 billion technology industry, 1.3 billion telephone subscribers and a media market moving to digital at speed.
Regulatory and market updates
- DPDP Rules notified
Data fiduciaries have until May 2027 for notice, security, breach-notification and retention obligations.Source: AZB & Partners
- Real-money gaming banned
The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 bans online money games, their promotion and the payments that fund them, while recognising e-sports.Source: Entrackr
- Sanchar Saathi
Over 1.5 crore downloads of the DoT's citizen app for reporting fraud and lost devices since January 2025.Source: IBEF
A data-centre and AI hub whose data-protection regime is still being operationalised.
Regulatory and market updates
- Virtual assets in AML scope
The 2025 AML law expressly covers offences committed through digital systems and virtual assets.Source: Hadef & Partners
- 04TechnologyProtecting code, data and clients as GCCs and product companies scale.
- 04MediaKeeping content, rights and audiences protected as media goes digital.
Platforms referenced: Whistle Sentinel
Sources
- IBEF, IT & BPM Industry in India, Updated Sep 2026.
- IBEF, Telecom Industry in India, Updated Sep 2026.
- IBEF, Media and Entertainment Industry in India, Updated Sep 2026.
- IANS, citing I4C / NCRP data, Indians lose over ₹52,976 crore to cyber frauds over six years, Jan 2026.
- AZB & Partners, India's DPDP Act: phased rollout and key compliance milestones, Nov 2025.
- Entrackr, Govt kills real-money gaming with Gaming Bill, Aug 2025.
- BusinessDubai, UAE PDPL: personal data protection guide, Reviewed Aug 2026.
- WAM, on the EZDubai–Euromonitor report, UAE e-commerce market size reaches AED42.2 billion in 2025, Sep 2026.
- Hadef & Partners, A new era for AML/CTF/PF in the UAE: Federal Decree-Law No. 10 of 2025, Oct 2025.