SIM cards re-registration: Hundreds besiege Telco centres …as deadline approaches in March - Ghanaian Times
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Hundreds of people continue to be in long queues at the various telecommunication centres in Accra to have their Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards registered. This comes after the government’s directive for all SIM cards to be reregistered within a period of six months (from October, 2021 to March 31, 2022) using the Ghana card. …

cross-posted from: https://baraza.africa/post/37971

The SIM re-registration exercise aims to secure the country’s cyberspace, monitor and track down persons who procure multiple SIMs for unscrupulous activities.

Initiated by the Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation (MoCD), the SIM card registration exercise is in accordance with the Subscriber Identity Module Registration Regulations, 2011, LI 2006.

The Subscriber Identity Module Registration Regulations, 2011, L.I 2006 mandates network operators or service providers to activate a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) only after the subscriber registers the SIM as directed by the National Communication Authority (NCA).