Al Rashidi pointed out that the validity of the
SIM card depends on the legality of the presence of the visitor in the country and shall continue to work throughout the validity of his visa.
Major General Mohammad Al Merri, Director-General of GDRFA, said the
Sim card is valid for one month with three minutes talk time and 20mb data free.
Khattab said that the Government of Pakistan had made biometric identification compulsory for the purchase of
SIM cards in 2008, in view of the potential for their abuse.
In his own personal remark, Idehen made a separate in-depth presentation on the dangers of dealing in pre-registered
SIM cards and took the participants through the various regulatory interventions already implemented.
Romualdo, meanwhile, believes that the time is ripe for a
SIM card registration law because the Philippines already has a national ID system in the pipeline.
A similar requirement for postpaid
SIM card users was enforced last year.
By investing in
SIM cards with appropriate memory capacities, operators can benefit from installing applications on
SIM cards using Over-the-Air (OTA) technology.
Unregistered
SIM Cards are usually used to carry out Grey Routing.
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) said a forensic audit on the mobile networks of Safaricom, Airtel and Telkom Kenya revealed that information on subscribers was based on inaccurate and incomplete data as well unregistered
SIM cards, aiding criminal activities.Anomalies unravelled include
SIM cards with multiple registrations under different identity details, serial number length variance in registrations using passports and alien IDs as well as lack of control of the operators on their agents.
The antimonopoly regulator explains raise of
SIM card fees with security considerations.