27million Lines At Risk As NCC DisconnectsUnregistered SIMs Today

Started by Shola Sholaz, Jun 30, 2013, 01:53 PM

Shola Sholaz

If you are reading this and you have not registered your phone line(s), it may just be almost late. In fact, you need not wonder why you may neither receive nor complete any calls from today.
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This is because the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, says the collation, harmonisation and authentication of the subscriber's identification modules, SIMs card registration it embarked upon in conjunction with all the telecom operators in Nigeria, since 2011, ends today, and those whose numbers were not captured will be disconnected.
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For the past two years, the industry regulator (NCC) has embarked on a massive campaign, sensitizing telephone subscribers on the need to register their phones to enable a proper record of subscribers in the country, effective monitoring of telecommunications activities and cut down on phone-related crimes.
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The regulator also made it clear that after a six-month period which expires on September 2011.

Folami David

They should be cautious in the way they handle Nigerian stuffs like Sim Card. Well Nigerians had been warned before this day came..