Over one million mobile phone subscribers in Uganda will be disconnected come the SIM card registration deadline on Wednesday.
The exercise was extended in May but delays in the acquisition of identification numbers seem to have slowed the process,
The regulator insists SIM card validation using ID numbers could reduce crime linked to unregistered phone numbers.
According to the country’s Communications Commission Director, Fred Otunnu, the objective of this exercise will be largely achieved in that there will be a data base that links a particular ID number to a phone number. That to us is a big success and to security and the rest
According to the commission, more than 23 million SIM cards have already been validated, but millions more still need to go through the process.
