Saudi telco blames Q4 loss on biometric identification initiative
Etihad Etisalat (Mobily), Saudi Arabia’s second largest telecommunications operator, blamed a fourth-quarter loss on the cost of implementing a government…
SIM card registration
Biometric Update regularly releases articles related to the term "SIM card registration." The following set of links is available to help you find biometrics news about "SIM card registration" and other relevant terms. More topics may be explored by accessing our complete Biometrics Topics list.
Thailand calls for mandatory online fingerprint ID system for mobile SIM card registration
Mobile operators om Thailand will introduce an online fingerprint ID system for new prepaid and postpaid mobile SIM card registration,…
Bangladesh mobile users only allowed to register 5 SIMs against each NID
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has decreased the maximum number of SIMs that prepaid mobile phone customers can register against…
Saudi mobile phone subscribers drop by 3 million due to fingerprint registration
A report by the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) revealed that the number of mobile phone subscribers in Saudi…
100 million mobile SIMs registered with subscribers’ biometric details in Bangladesh
According to a report in BDNews24.com, over 100 million mobile phone SIMs have been re-registered with the biometric details of…
Court says biometric SIM registration is legal in Bangladesh
A Bangladeshi Higher Court has declared that ongoing biometric SIM registrations using fingerprints is legal. The court rejected a petition…
Bangladesh sets hefty fines for misuse of biometrics data
The Bangladesh government has assured mobile phone users that their privacy would not be in jeopardy after they undergo biometric…
23M Grameenphone customers in Bangladesh complete biometric verification process
Bangladeshi mobile operator Grameenphone says that over 23 million customers in its network have successfully completed the biometric verification process,…
UAE requires biometrics for SIM card re-registration
IN order to complete the re-registration process of their SIM cards, mobile phone users in the United Arab Emirates need…
VimpelCom welcomes biometric SIM registration and verification initiative in Bangladesh but residents still have privacy concerns
AJ Hanna, chief mobile financial services officer of VimpelCom, the parent company of mobile operator Banglalink, recently expressed the company’s…
Most Read This Week
Featured Company
Biometrics Insight, Opinion
Digital ID In-Depth
Biometrics White Papers
