Nicta meeting network operators

Business

OFFICIALS from the National Information Communication Technology Authority (Nicta) will meet mobile network operators this week following the expiry of the deadline for the subscriber identity module (Sim) card registration.
A Nicta spokesperson confirmed with The National on Friday that the deactivation of unregistered Sim cards remained. Those in the urban areas had their unregistered Sim cards deactivated on Aug 31.
The rest of the country had theirs deactivated on Sept 30.
“The Nicta team will be having a meeting with the mobile network operators (Digicel, Telikom, bmobile) early next week,” the spokesperson said.
Nicta said in a paid advertisement in The National that subscribers who did not register their Sim cards would permanently lose their mobile numbers, credits and data bundles.
They will no longer have access to mobile banking and any other financial services registered to the mobile phone number plus other information communication technology services.
Kumul Telikom Holdings Ltd (KTHL) acting chairman Rueben Kautu told The National last week that bmobile had been reminding its customers through SMS (short messaging services) to register their Sim cards at the care centres in the provinces.
Kautu said Telikom and bmobile had been complying with Nicta’s regulations.
“We are 100 per cent compliant as we have disconnected all unregistered subscribers,” he said.
“Our new Sims are blocked when sold and unblocked only after the Sim registration is validated as per Nicta regulations.”