Beeline CEO proposes limiting mobile internet restrictions to subscribers flagged as suspicious
The CEO of Vimpelcom, which operates under the Beeline brand, proposed on Thursday that mobile internet restrictions should apply only to subscribers who are deemed suspicious, rather than to all users. Sergei Anokhin made the suggestion at the Telecom 2026 conference, the Russian business news outlet RBC reported.
“We have good statistics, information, where we are absolutely certain that this is a person using a phone,” Anokhin said. “We can also launch additional identification to guarantee it even further. So that for these devices, the person is left with full connectivity. And where there are doubts, where there are risks — that’s where white lists should be introduced.”
Anokhin did not specify what form of additional identification he had in mind, nor did he clarify what he meant by “doubts” and “risks.”
In his view, the approach could be a next step that restores comfort for users without creating a security threat.
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