Regulation Amending the Identity Verification Process in the Electronic Communications Sector
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The regulation updates how telecom operators can verify the identity of people applying for electronic communications services. It revises the definitions of electronic identity documents that work through contact-chip and near-field communication technologies, including technical security standards for those documents. It also broadens and reorganizes the approved verification methods. Applicants may be verified through e-Devlet, NFC-enabled identity documents combined with AI or authorized video checks, contact-chip identity documents with password or fingerprint-summary checks, in-person channels using a transaction-specific video image, the Migration Management Presidency, and in some foreign applicant cases through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Key Changes
- Updates technical definitions for contact-chip and NFC-enabled electronic identity documents.
- Adds or clarifies approved identity verification routes for telecom service applications, including e-Devlet, video verification, chip-based checks, in-person video capture, and Migration Management checks.
- Creates special verification options for certain foreign applicants, including checks through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where relevant.
Obligations
What this law requires
Electronic communications operators must verify an applicant’s identity only through methods compliant with the regulation, including e-Devlet, YAKB with AI or authorized video verification, TEKB with password or fingerprint-summary verification, face-to-face channels with a transaction-specific video image, or the Migration Management Presidency.
Where an operator uses a contact-chip electronic identity document for identity verification, the document must be a qualifying TEKB with an ISO/IEC 7816-compatible chip, at least EAL4+ security level under TS ISO/IEC 15408 or ISO/IEC 15408, and the verification capability listed in Annex 4.
Where an operator uses an NFC-capable electronic identity document for identity verification, the document must be a qualifying YAKB with at least EAL4+ security level, ICAO 9303 compliance, NFC standards compliance, secure chip communication under ISO/IEC 14443, and the verification capability listed in Annex 1.
Where identity verification is performed using a YAKB, operators must combine the YAKB check with either artificial intelligence-based verification or video verification by an authorized person.
Where identity verification is performed using a TEKB, operators must combine the TEKB check with either password verification or fingerprint-summary verification.