Published: 30 September 2013

Mobile phone users with unregistered SIM cards have been given a 30-day ultimatum starting next Tuesday to register them, while those registered whose addresses have changed are expected to notify their service providers within 21 days.

The move is in line with provisions of the new Postal and Telecommunications (Subscriber Registration) Regulations, 2013 and those who ignore the directive risk imprisonment.

According to a Government Gazette released on Friday, the regulations were being implemented to safeguard national security.

Service providers or their agents were compelled to report to the police within 24 hours if they suspected that information provided by those registering their SIM cards was false.
- sunday mail

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