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…
An ongoing process which started on November 12 to deactivate SIM cards not biometrically registered in Uganda has seen over…
Facial recognition tool ASTR, developed by the Center for the Development of Telematics (C-DoT) of India’s Department of Telecommunications, has…
“Super” SIM cards that provide hardware digital wallet functions supporting central bank digital currency transactions and digital ID have been…
India government officials announced Thursday that new dealers of SIM cards are now subject to biometric ID verification. This is…
The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia (CRAN) mandated registration of SIM cards on January 1st, 2023. They recently removed the…
Slightly over 11 million SIM cards not biometrically registered in Ghana will be blocked by the end of this month…
Almost 500,000 irregularly-registered SIM cards have been blocked in the Mewat region of India’s Haryana state since January 2022, many…
Argentina’s telecom industry regulator, the National Communications Entity (Enacom), has called on mobile service suppliers to require biometric identification when…
More than 14 million SIM cards were linked to users’ ID in the opening days of the campaign, according to…
Ghana’s plan to enforce ID signup to keep SIM cards functioning has taken a new turn: people without a Ghana…