{{There will be no extension of deadline for simcard registration. The Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) has said the 31st July deadline to register SIM cards will not be extended.}}
RURA warns that Simcards that won’t be registered by then will be discontinued.
The remarks were made by Jean Baptiste Mutabazi , Head of Communications and Media Regulation department at RURA during a press conference with telecommunication companies on Monday.
Mutabazi says there will be no extension on the deadline for registration being done by MTN, TIGO AIRTEL telecommunication companies in the country.
RURA says that up to date over 5 million SIM cards, 87% of those in use have been registered, the remaining over 800,000 including those of people abroad who were provided with the option of online registration are yet to be registered.
MTN’s website has an option of online SIM card registration for those in foreign countries, other companies said they have no clients who stay for long durations abroad.
Those carrying out the registration process said more people were participating in the exercise than before.
“More people are currently participating in the exercise because they are aware its coming to an end, they now realize its importance.” He said.
The advantages of SIM card registration include protection from theft, telephonic crimes and overall maintenance of security of a customer’s phone and number as stated by telecommunication companies.
SIM card registration begun 04 of February this and year and is set to end on the 31 of July 2013.
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