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Uganda: Govt, Telecom Firms Flex Muscles Over SIM Card Deadline
Observer, 25 August 2017
Government insists it will take no heed of telecommunication companies' pleas to extend the deadline for Sim card verification after it expires on August 30. Read more »
Ugandan Govt Finds 4 Million 'Ghost' Cellphone Subscribers
As the clock ticks toward an August 31 SIM card deregistration deadline, major telecom companies cannot account for at least four million subscribers in their system, a government official says.
People wait to register their SIM cards at an MTN service centre in Kampala recently.
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Uganda: Govt Finds 4 Million 'Ghost' Subscribers in Nira System
Observer, 23 August 2017
As the clock ticks fast toward another Sim card deregistration deadline, major telecom companies cannot account for at least four million subscribers in their system, a government… Read more »
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Uganda: Who's Winning Data Race Ahead of SIM Registration Deadline?
Independent (Kampala), 21 August 2017
A look at MTN, Airtel, Africell ahead of August SIM registration deadline Read more »
InFocus
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The communications commission left millions disconnected after their SIM cards were switched off, was despite parliament and President Yoweri Museveni's directive to reactivate the ... Read more »
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The high court has nullified government's seven-day ultimatum to switch off all sim cards that were registered without using national identification cards and passports. Read more »
