Question: What does SIM stand for in context to a mobile phone?
(a) Subscriber Identity Module
(b) System Identity Metric
(c) Shared Identity Module
(d) None of the Above.
Ans:(a)
- On 15th February, 2017, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India launched the initiative for providing pre-loaded SIM Card to foreign tourists arriving in India on e-Visa.
- This initiative has been launched in association with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited. BSNL would distribute pre-loaded SIM Cards to foreign tourists arriving in India on e-Visa.
- This facility will be initially available at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (Terminal-3), New Delhi and later cover remaining 15 international airports.
- This unique initiative will facilitate the foreign tourists in communicating with their acquaintances immediately after their arrival in India.
- To avail pre-loaded SIM Card, BSNL will collect e-Visa copy and the first page of passport from foreign tourists on arrival at the airport. This facility is only available for tourists arriving in India on e-Visa.
- SIM cards will be pre-loaded with a value of Rs. 50 talk time and 50 MB data and will be activated immediately.
- Earlier, the Ministry of Tourism had also launched a 24 x 7 Tourist Helpline 1800111363 in twelve foreign languages so that the foreign tourists can get the required information in their own language.
- It is to be noted that SIM stands for Subscriber Identity Module. It contains subscriber information. It is used to identify and authenticate subscribers on mobile telephony devices.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158477
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/hindirelease.aspx?relid=59571