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It is also proposed to more carefully identify foreigners when concluding a contract for mobile communication services, and at the same time - to renew or terminate all existing contracts with foreigners. Two deputies introduced a bill to the State Duma with amendments to the laws on communications and on the identification and authentication of individuals using biometric personal data ( ).
The authors propose to solve two problems with their initiative. Firstly, often the documents that foreigners present when concluding a mobile communication contract do not contain understandable information, including information in Russian. As a result, it is impossible to identify these foreigners, and scammers take advantage of this by using false phone numbers registered to migrants. It is proposed to establish that a foreigner can conclude an agreement only upon a personal visit to the office or point of sale of a telecom operator, and also only on condition of identification and authentication using a unified biometric data system. In addition, contracts with foreigners will have to include identification codes for the device used. Restrictions are also being introduced - no more than 10 - on the number of subscriber numbers that can be allocated to a foreign citizen.
If the bill is adopted, all contracts with foreigners will have to be renewed by telecom operators before March 1, 2025. Otherwise, the contracts will have to terminate. Updated contracts will accordingly have to meet new requirements.
Secondly, the authors of the bill introduce a rule that obliges operators to notify subscribers (including citizens of the Russian Federation) about the conclusion of new contracts with them. The subscriber will be able to suspend the provision of communication services under an agreement that he did not enter into. At the same time, the bill also provides for a kind of audit of all existing subscriber numbers. In particular, if the law is adopted, telecom operators will have to inform each subscriber about all contracts concluded with him for the provision of mobile radiotelephone services and about the subscriber numbers assigned to the citizen being notified.
