Search results for: sim card registration

Wed, December 18th 2013, 18:00 · Nick Sato

East African countries to share data on SIM card registration

ICT leaders from East African countries meeting in Nairobi to discuss ICT integration in the region have announced they are in the process of harmonising SIM registration to enable prompt sharing of subscribers’ data. → Read more
Wed, December 11th 2013, 12:00 · Selipha Kihagi

Tanzanian parliament addresses SIM card registration

Members of Parliament (MPs) in Tanzania have raised concerns over the registration of SIM cards across the country, saying it is being done contrary to the Electronic and Postal Communication Act (EPOCA) of 2010. → Read more
Mon, September 2nd 2013, 16:30 · Nick Sato

Uganda high court dismisses suit against SIM card registration deadline

The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) will proceed in switching off more than one million unregistered SIM cards, after the the high court dismissed a case challenging the national exercise. → Read more
Fri, June 28th 2013, 12:10 · Paul Adepoju

No going back on SIM card registration deadline – NCC

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has rejected a plea from the National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers (NATCOMS) to extend SIM card registration beyond this month. → Read more
Tue, June 25th 2013, 10:20 · Paul Adepoju

Globacom encourages SIM card registration with airtime offer

Nigerian operator Globacom has announced a NGN1,000 (US$6.25) airtime offer for its subscribers who are yet to register their SIM cards. → Read more
Thu, June 13th 2013, 12:31 · Susan Mwenesi

Vodacom Tanzania targets 100 per cent in SIM card registration

Vodacom Tanzania is aiming to have signed up 100 per cent of its subscribers for SIM registration by the time the deadline passes in three weeks. → Read more
Mon, May 6th 2013, 12:46 · Susan Mwenesi

Uganda’s SIM card registration in final stages

Uganda’s SIM registration exercise is in its final stages after being started more than a year ago. → Read more
Thu, February 28th 2013, 15:21 · Brandon Gregory

Three month extension proposed for Uganda’s SIM card registration

Ugandan lawmakers have allowed an extra three months for the country’s SIM card registration process due to various challenges, in spite of telecommunications companies requesting a one-year extension. → Read more
Wed, February 27th 2013, 11:05 · Brandon Gregory

Ugandan court refuses to block SIM card registration

The Ugandan High Court has refused to block the country’s SIM card registration process, in spite of claims the March 01 deadline was in violation of people’s right to communication. → Read more
Tue, February 12th 2013, 12:44 · Kamau Mbote

Kenyan SIM card registration laws come into effect

Kenya’s mobile network operators could now find themselves on the wrong side of the law as the SIM card registration regulations come into effect today, a month after they were gazetted on January 11. → Read more
Mon, February 4th 2013, 13:19 · Tom Jackson

Rwanda’s SIM card registration kicks off

The long-delayed SIM card registration process in Rwanda begins today, giving the country’s three telecoms players 180 days to register around 5.2 million SIM card holders. → Read more
Fri, February 1st 2013, 09:00 · Robin Okuthe

Lack of identity management system slows SIM card registration in Uganda

The absence of a national identification system in Uganda provides loopholes that hinder large numbers of mobile subscribers from registering SIM cards, says MTN Uganda’s chief executive chief executive Mazen Mroue. → Read more
Thu, January 10th 2013, 10:09 · Elly Okutoyi

Yu Mobile seeks SIM card registration extension to avert revenue loss

Kenyan mobile network operator Yu Mobile is lobbying for the extension of the SIM card registration deadline, claiming that the directive to have them switch off unregistered cards will affect its revenues. → Read more
Wed, January 9th 2013, 12:52 · Kamau Mbote

Airtel Kenya makes SIM card registration mandatory for new subscribers

Integrated telecommunications services provider Airtel Kenya has said new SIM cards will only be activated after registration, to ensure compliance with guidelines laid out by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) on SIM card registration. → Read more
Tue, January 8th 2013, 08:26 · Elly Okutoyi

SIM card registration praised for leading to arrest of police imposter

The SIM card registration process in Kenya has led to the arrest of a police impersonator caught swindling several Kenyan politicians out of money. → Read more
Wed, April 30th 2014, 09:30 · Paul Adepoju

NCC permanently bans registration of old SIM cards

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has placed a permanent ban on the registration of old SIM cards. → Read more
Thu, January 17th 2013, 14:03 · Kamau Mbote

SIM-card registration in Rwanda to kick off in February

Rwanda’s telecommunications industry regulator Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) has said SIM card registration will start on February 4, after the close of the one-month piloting exercise. → Read more
Mon, January 7th 2013, 08:32 · Elly Okutoyi

Rwanda to join other African countries in SIM-card registration

Rwanda is set to join other African countries in a nationwide SIM-card registration, a process set to be carried out from February 4 to July 31, 2013, targeting more than five million subscribers in the country. → Read more
Fri, August 29th 2014, 16:00 · Paul Adepoju

Nigeria launches e-ID cards with electronic payment functionality

Nigeria’s president Goodluck Jonathan has launched the country’s national e-ID card programme, which sees citizens issued with MasterCard-branded biometric identity cards which have electronic payment functionality included. → Read more
Tue, May 20th 2014, 14:00 · Susan Mwenesi

SIM card leads Kenyan police to terror suspect

A teenager has allegedly confessed to planting explosives in a public service vehicle that exploded on Nairobi’s Thika highway earlier this month, killing three people, after a SIM card registered in his father’s name was found at the scene of the attack. → Read more