Tanzania to Limit SIM Cards to One Per Network

In its bid to boost security and tame cybercrime, the country plans to limit the number of mobile phone numbers an individual can own to a single line per network which will involve a fresh biometric registration of all SIM card holders from May 1 to September 2019.

A mobile phone user inserts a SIM card into a phone. Kenya has launched a campaign to register all mobile phone subscribers.

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