India, April 30 -- About two weeks after quick commerce major Blinkit and telecom giant Airtel entered into an industry-first partnership to deliver SIM cards to users in 10 minutes, the duo seem to have quietly pulled the plug on the partnership.

A quick search on Blinkit for Airtel's SIM cards showed no results.

Inc42 has reached out to both the companies to get a better understanding on the reason behind discontinuation of the service. Meanwhile, a report by PTI said that the collaboration has been "put on hold, not discontinued".

The report added that the service was suspended after the department of telecommunication (DoT) questioned the telecom company if SIM distribution norms pertaining to KYC were being followed in their disse...