Kenya: Plan to Switch Off Fake Phones Postponed
Lack of equipment to identify fake mobile phones has compelled the industry regulator to put on hold plans to switch them off.
Models of mobile phones.
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Kenya:
Switching Off Fakes Will Only Make Sense If the Consumer Is Informed
Business Daily, 14 September 2011
A few months ago, a colleague wanted advice on which high end phone to buy to suit her recent promotion. Read more »
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Kenya:
Lawyers Question CCK Step to Switch Off Fake Cellphones
Business Daily, 14 September 2011
Commercial lawyers have questioned the legality of the intention by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) to disconnect more than three million counterfeit phones. (Read:… Read more »
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Kenya:
CCK Pushes Fake Phones Switch-Off to December
The Star, 10 September 2011
MOBILE phone subscribers with fake handsets have until end of the year to replace their phones with genuine ones or their lines will be deactivated, Communication Commission of… Read more »
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Kenya:
Fake Phones to Be Switched Off By January
Nation, 9 September 2011
Users of counterfeit handsets have up to December 31 to acquire genuine ones or be switched off the networks. Read more »
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Kenya:
CCK Shelves Plans to Shut Down Fake Phones
EA Business, 5 September 2011
Kenya's telecoms regulator, The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK), has shelved plans for an immediate shut down of counterfeit mobile handsets in use among an estimated 2… Read more »
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Kenya:
Safaricom Offers Lifeline to Fake-Phone Users
The Star, 1 September 2011
Safaricom is considering offering discounted phones to its subscribers who own counterfeit phones ahead of a deadline to switch them off mobile networks. Read more »