Over four million unregistered Simcards switched off

The four mobile network operators say they have collectively suspended about 4.4 million users unregistered users out of the targeted 6.1 million. This represents over 70 per cent compliance with new law. Over one million might be disconnected from the networks in the next 10 days if they will not have registered as the operators strive to avoid heavy penalties. Airtel says it has barred over 670,000 users from its network out of the targeted 823,000 users. Orange has blocked 860,000 out of the 1.2 million unregistered users it had at the beginning of the year...