Seamfix extends MTN’s biometric SIM registration to 5 more African nations
Telecom provider MTN Group is expanding its biometric SIM registration program into five new countries in Africa through its partnership…
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Telecom provider MTN Group is expanding its biometric SIM registration program into five new countries in Africa through its partnership…
Almost 500,000 irregularly-registered SIM cards have been blocked in the Mewat region of India’s Haryana state since January 2022, many…
Namibia’s biggest telecommunications service provider MTC has faced criticism lately for asking citizens to provide their face and fingerprints biometrics…
High levels of cyber fraud are pushing businesses in Africa, including telcos and those in the fintech space, to implement…
Argentina’s telecom industry regulator, the National Communications Entity (Enacom), has called on mobile service suppliers to require biometric identification when…
There are concerns in Namibia that the country’s largest mobile communications company, MTC, has been collecting the fingerprint and face…
As SIM-identity registration continues worldwide, privacy and fraud risks come to the fore. Indians are subject to an unclear privacy…
More than 14 million SIM cards were linked to users’ ID in the opening days of the campaign, according to…
A new fingerprint biometric system is now being used by telecoms in Pakistan to register people for SIM activation, following…
To ensure their safety, Tanzanians are being reminded to check they have biometrically registered their SIM cards, phone lines and…