Last call for unregistered SIM cards.
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 5:36 pm
A final call for unregistered SIMs
Thu, 6 October 2016
Cheng Sokhorng
The national telecom regulator has set November 1 as the final deadline for mobile phone operators to register all of their clients’ mobile SIM cards or face cancellation – marking the latest ultimatum in a government crackdown that began over a year ago.
Im Vutha, spokesman for the Telecom Regulator of Cambodia (TRC), said yesterday that the date was set after the government called on all mobile operators to meet and present their data for SIM card registration. The data showed that despite a year-long campaign to register all SIM cards, about 1.5 million of the Kingdom’s 19.3 million SIM card subscriptions still lack proper registration...
“Most customers prefer to buy unregistered SIM cards because they feel it is easier,” [she said,] adding that unregistered SIM cards can still be found in the majority of markets in Phnom Penh and cost as little as $0.50...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/f ... tered-sims
Thu, 6 October 2016
Cheng Sokhorng
The national telecom regulator has set November 1 as the final deadline for mobile phone operators to register all of their clients’ mobile SIM cards or face cancellation – marking the latest ultimatum in a government crackdown that began over a year ago.
Im Vutha, spokesman for the Telecom Regulator of Cambodia (TRC), said yesterday that the date was set after the government called on all mobile operators to meet and present their data for SIM card registration. The data showed that despite a year-long campaign to register all SIM cards, about 1.5 million of the Kingdom’s 19.3 million SIM card subscriptions still lack proper registration...
“Most customers prefer to buy unregistered SIM cards because they feel it is easier,” [she said,] adding that unregistered SIM cards can still be found in the majority of markets in Phnom Penh and cost as little as $0.50...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/f ... tered-sims