South Africans told biometric-SIM link is ‘next step,’ ‘evolution’ as consultation closes
Reported details and reaction are emerging to the March 2022 proposal by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA),…
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Reported details and reaction are emerging to the March 2022 proposal by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA),…
Tony Roberts and Ridwan Oloyede, authors of an opinion article published by Thompson Reuters Foundation News, have argued that people…
Nigeria’s National Identification Management Commission (NIMC) will work with the country’s telecom authority and main industry body to unblock SIMs…
The decision by Nigeria’s federal government to order the blocking of more than 72 million SIM cards not linked to…
Kenyan mobile network operator Safaricom has launched an online portal for customers to update their SIM card details to help…
The Morrison Government in Australia has introduced new regulations describing biometrics and multifactor authentication (MFA) technologies aimed to tackle fraud…
Nigerians who have yet to link their SIM cards to their National Identity Numbers (NINs) will no longer be able…
A March 31 deadline for linking national digital ID numbers with SIM cards in Nigeria has been pushed back by…
Another nation is considering adding biometrics to phone SIM card registrations, hoping to stem fraud. South Africa’s telecom regulator is…
As the deadline for linking SIM cards and digital ID numbers looms (again) in Nigeria, representatives from its mobile network…