All unregistered SIM cards will be deactivated from the telecommunications operators’ databases from today April, 17 2023.
This follows a directive from the National Communications Authority (NCA).
The NCA directed the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications to deactivate all SIM cards that had not been re-registered with Ghana cards by the March 31, 2023 deadline.
The NCA has further directed that all SIMs registered after the limit of ten (10) must be deactivated and removed from SIM registration databases. This must reflect in the Central SIM Register by Monday, 17th April 2023. The telecom operators are also required to report to the NCA the number of SIM cards that have been disconnected.
The NCA has stressed that non-compliance with these directives would be in violation of Regulation 1 of the Subscriber Identity Module Registration Regulations, 2011.
Dr. Kenneth Ashigbey, Chief Executive of the Chamber, told the media that his organisation will work with the NCA on this exercise.
“The regulator has given timelines. From the perspective of the regulator, these things have been happening previously. We will cooperate with the regulator,” Dr. Ashibey said.
