Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s Sim-Card registration policies have received a poor ranking, getting same score as North Korea. Comparitech, a technology research company in England and Wales, said Uganda was among the top 15 countries with poor Sim-Card registration policies – only better than Tanzania and Saudi Arabia. …
Read More »Deputy IGP tasks Telecom operators to explain multiple sim card registration
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Maj Gen Stephen Muzeyi Sabiiti, has held a meeting with telecom operators over the fraudulent sim card registration process, which is allegedly aiding crime. Sabiiti, accompanied by police’s Information Communication Technology –ICT expert, said for a long …
Read More »UCC suspends sim card registration for refugees
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) yesterday evening suspended all SIM card registration for refugees. According to a press statement by the commission UCC has suspended sim card registration with the use of Refugee cards and Attestation letters from the Office of the Prime Minister …
Read More »Lack of IDs cut sim card sales -Airtel MD
Anwar Soussa is the managing director for Airtel Uganda. He spoke to The Independent’s Julius Businge about Airtel business and Uganda’s telecom sector. You have been here for a year now as the Airtel MD. What is your general assessment of the telecommunication business in Uganda? Telecommunication business in Uganda …
Read More »UCC will not extend SIM Card registration period
By Ronald Musoke With about 50 days to go, the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) says it will not give any additional time to Ugandans who may not have registered their SIM cards by then. The deadline for registering SIM cards in Uganda is March 1, which is about 52 days …
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