New Delhi: Global telecom operators, governments, technology companies and financial institutions must jointly tackle the growing deluge of and build global mechanisms to intercept digital fraud, said on Thursday.




The expansion of must be backed by stronger phone and network security such that trust is central to their adoption, Modi said at the 10th . "I urge the GSMA () and global telecom operators to establish a mechanism that can stop such frauds," he said.



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Cybercriminals could operate from one country, enlist help in another and target victims in a third, and hence, the threat required a coordinated global framework. India was ready to share lessons from its experience, he added. "Technology achieves scale only when it earns trust," he said. For ordinary users, that meant distinguishing genuine messages from fake ones, making payments safely and trusting that information submitted online would remain protected.




The appeal came as Modi outlined India's next telecom ambitions. "In recent years, India has journeyed from being a consumer to becoming a creator," he said. "Now India is moving towards the goal where product design, technology, and IP will all belong to India."