The National Communications Authourity has served notice that all mobile phone users in the country who have deliberately refused or feel reluctant to heed to the directive by the Authourity to have their SIM Cards registered would have them blocked by June 30, 2011.
The NCA said the ongoing nationwide registration of SIM Cards by the mobile telecommunication service providers was compulsory for the enhancement of a national data base hence the need for all mobile phone users to have their SIM Cards registered before the first half of 2011.
The Corporate and Consumer Affairs Manager of the NCA Abed A. Bandim gave the warning at a meeting with Regional and District Information Officers and Communicators in Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana.
According to him, public sensitization on the exercise at the grassroots level was very abysmal and that informed the NCA’s decision to embark on the nationwide awareness creation programme for staff of the Information Service Department to enable them educate the rural folks on the importance of the SIM Card registration exercise that began several months ago following a decision by the government and the NCA.
He mentioned the Passport Office and the Drivers and Vehicular License Authority (DVLA) as other collaborators whose collective responsibility would make the exercise a fruitful one.
Mr. Badim announced that the NCA would soon implement what it called the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) which will make it possible for mobile phone users in Ghana to easily switch to different networks via the same SIM Card or chip.
Mr. Sam Nasaamu Asabigi, Deputy Northern Regional Minister during a courtesy call on him lauded the exercise and pledged the Regional Coordinating Council’s support to make it a success.
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