Tanzania: Only 5 Million SIM Cards Have Been Registered Biometrically

Dar es Salaam — Only 5.2 million mobile phone users (12 per cent) have biometrically registered their simcards with the December 31 deadline set by the government looming.

In May the government through Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA) directed all Subscriber Identification Module (Sim) cards to biometrically register their lines by the end of the year.

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