Saudi Arabia partners with Valid while biometric SIM card registration picks up pace
Saudi Arabia is advancing mobile connectivity as it successfully deploys a Remote SIM Provisioning (RSP) platform. Mobily, a Saudi Arabia-based…
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Biometric authentication required for SIM card registration in India and Thailand
Following a spike in mobile telecommunications fraud and other related crimes, the government of India has directed that all new…
All active SIM cards in Nigeria now linked to digital ID, regulator claims
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has declared that there is no active SIM card in Nigeria at the moment which…
FRT to prevent SIM card fraud in Indonesia
As facial recognition technology continues to gain ground in sectors such as mobile telecommunications, countries like Indonesia, China and Liberia…
Singtel customers can use ID data from a SIM card as extra security layer
Singapore telco Singtel has become the first in the country to offer a SIM-linked security measure. An article in the…
Uganda suspends over 1.4M SIM cards not linked to users’ biometrics
An ongoing process which started on November 12 to deactivate SIM cards not biometrically registered in Uganda has seen over…
Facial recognition tool nets over 6M SIM card fraudsters in India in 6 months
Facial recognition tool ASTR, developed by the Center for the Development of Telematics (C-DoT) of India’s Department of Telecommunications, has…
China’s ‘Super’ SIM cards to serve as digital ID hard wallets
“Super” SIM cards that provide hardware digital wallet functions supporting central bank digital currency transactions and digital ID have been…
India imposes new ID verification requirement for sellers of SIM cards
India government officials announced Thursday that new dealers of SIM cards are now subject to biometric ID verification. This is…
Namibia no longer requires biometrics as part of SIM card registration
The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) mandated registration of SIM cards on January 1st, 2023. They recently removed the…
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