Sim Cards: NCC Deactivates Improperly Registered Lines
Sim Cards: NCC Deactivates Improperly Registered Lines

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC says it had successfully deactivated all incomplete-registered Subscribers Identification Modules, SIM cards across all Mobile Network Operators in the country.

The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Umar Garba Danbatta, who announced this in Abuja, said the move became necessary to curb activities of criminals in the country.

He added that over the years, the commission had worked through various policy initiatives, to rid mobile networks of invalidly-registered SIM cards to ensure that all the current over 184 million registered mobile lines across networks have valid data that are traceable.

The commission had, in June 2019 started the second round of comprehensive verification audit of MNOs’ SIM card registration, as part of its ongoing regulatory interventions, such as the setting up of the SIM Registration Industry Task Force, which led to resolutions, which included the Industry Working Group on harmonization of SIM registration process with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to ensure a clean SIM database.

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