Sim Card Registration to End June 30-NCC

Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has said that the nationwide registration of Subscriber Identity Module (Sim) cards would not be extended for any reason at the end of the June 30 deadline set by the commission.

This means that any subscriber who did not register his or her number before the closing date will have the number invalidated.

Dr. Eugene Juwah, executive vice chairman, explained that the commission would commence the collation of the data for publication, adding that subsequent registration would be done by different telecom providers with approval from the commission.

Juwah was represented by Mrs. Biodun Olujimi, director of Communications at the 73rd edition of Telecoms Consumer Parliament organised by the commission in Enugu, Enugu state with the theme of the parliament, `Mobile Number Portability: Benefits to Telecom Consumers’.

He said that the service would allow consumers to switch from one network to another while retaining the current number.

The EVC explained that the service would remove the trouble of moving around with multiple cell phones and encourage competitions among providers as well as reduce tariffs.

Juwah said the porting required registration of Sim card by the subscribers for security reasons.

``Without the registration, the network operators will not be able to identify a porting subscriber or confirm that such is the rightful owner of the number being ported,’’ he said.