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  1. Luis

    Plan to overhaul SIM card purchasing and registration in South Africa

    Say goodbye to SIM cards as you know them in South Africa The era of easily buying an activated SIM card in South Africa is rapidly coming to an end, as the government and telecommunications industry plan to overhaul the system to eliminate loopholes. The circulation of irregularly registered...
    • Luis
    • Thread
    • banking fraud department of communications rica sim cards
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  3. Luis

    Former Vodacom executive wants SIM card registrations to require biometric verification in SA

    Former Vodacom executive wants SIM card registrations to require biometric verification in SA Former Vodacom chief risk officer Johan van Graan has proposed requiring biometric verification for SIM card registrations in South Africa. According to Van Graan, the Regulation of Interception of...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Fixing South Africa's RICA mess

    Fixing South Africa's RICA mess Taking selfies and using biometrics to verify identities during SIM card registrations could help stop SIM-swap fraud, saving South Africans who bank on their phones billions of rands a year. This is according to Johan van Graan, a telecommunications security...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    SIM registrations must be linked to Home Affairs data

    SIM registrations must be linked to Home Affairs data Vodacom Group CEO Shameel Joosub has called for a "more sophisticated" SIM card registration system in South Africa, and Farhad Khan, former MTN Zambia CEO and independent consultant, agrees. Speaking to 702, Kahn said the Regulation of...
  6. T

    RICA'd sim card details

    My wife recently got a new sim card with the intention of using it for business purposes for sensitive information - (dealing with patients etc). The Vodacom store gave her a sim card - pre -ricad - from what I can see this should be illegal but everyone just seems to ignore it???? So the...
  7. RobsD

    RICA Nightmare

    Hi All, my first post so not too sure how to structure it. My daughters phone got stolen last month, we followed the chain, blacklist the number and the phone all went well, go report it at the police station, all went well. Then put a claim in via my insurance, this is where the problem now...
  8. Yoda Arain

    eSIM on Prepaid! Almost impossible

    After the break of news that Vodacom is offering eSIMs to Prepaid users last month on the forum and then later on MyBB, I tried my luck. I went to a Vodacom store at a nearby mall, and the staff said their system doesn't yet have the functionality to offer eSIM to prepaid customers. I thought I...
  9. Yoda Arain

    Switch Telecom is not up to the hype!

    I signed up with Switch Telecom almost a week ago. Almost, Everything went smoothly. Within an hour, I received a call regarding additional purchases, such as a VoIP set, which I declined. Soon, I received an email that they were vetting my RICA documents. After the day of signup, I received no...
    • Yoda Arain
    • Thread
    • rica switch switchtelecom voip
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: VOIP
  10. Jan

    MTN pre-RICA'd SIM card crackdown

    MTN cracks down on illegal SIM cards Mobile network operator MTN has started clamping down on illegally-registered SIM cards sold by its partner distributors. The company recently sent a notice informing them it would automatically start deregistering SIMs that were not activated three days...
  11. Jan

    Android TV box seller gets suspended prison sentence for pirating DStv content

    DStv pirate slapped with 7-year jail sentence The Bellville Specialised Commercial Crime Court has sentenced a Capetonian man to seven years in jail for infringing MultiChoice's copyright by selling access to pirated DStv content. The perpetrator — Jordan Lee Mott — was arrested in October...
  12. Jan

    Bheki Cele still trying to get permission for R102 million spy equipment police bought in 2019

    Police blew R102 million on spy equipment they can't use Police minister Bheki Cele's efforts to get an exemption certificate authorising the use of R102 million worth of unlawfully purchased spy equipment could be successful, according to a City Press report. Justice and Correctional Services...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • bheki cele cellphone grabber rica ronald lamola south african police service (saps)
    • Replies: 32
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  13. Jan

    Telkom's online RICA system offline - SIMs from Takealot useless

    Beware buying a Telkom SIM from Takealot MyBroadband bought a preloaded Telkom prepaid unlimited data SIM from Takealot but could not use it because of problems with the Telkom online RICA system. The Telkom LTE Prepaid Unlimited Off-Peak bundle offers users unlimited data for 31 days after a...
  14. Jan

    MTN share price hammered on Nigerian RICA enforcement

    MTN hammered MTN’s share price took a beating on Tuesday, closing over 9% lower on news that the Nigerian Communications Commission will require that it cut off millions of subscribers. Nigeria ordered the nation’s wireless companies to bar outgoing calls from phone numbers not linked to the...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • know your customer (kyc) mtn nigerian communication commission (ncc) rica
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  15. Jan

    Ellipsis weighs in on why Apple Private Relay isn't available in South Africa

    Why Apple's Private Relay isn't available in South Africa Apple said it would not be releasing its Private Relay feature in several countries, including South Africa, but experts suspect that the decision was made by the company internally rather than by a local regulator. Private Relay is a...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • apple dominic cull ellipsis regulatory solutions independent communications authority of south africa (icasa) legal interception private relay rica
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  16. Jan

    AfriForum investigating legal action against unlawful interception

    Legal action against unlawful spying by police in South Africa AfriForum says it has submitted a Promotion of Access to Information Act application to the joint standing committee on intelligence following reports of widespread unlawful wiretapping by South Africa's security cluster. The civil...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • afriforum justice bess nkabinde legal interception promotion of access to information act (paia) rica
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  17. Jan

    RICA judge reveals "shocking reality" - they have no way to verify if police are lying to get an interception order

    RICA is a joke The Designated Judge for the Interception of Communications, Justice Bess Nkabinde, has revealed that there is no way for her office to verify whether the applications they receive from law enforcement are truthful or not. Nkabinde is the judge responsible for evaluating and...
  18. BrainFreeze

    RICA SIM Cards With Different Addresses

    Hi everyone. I want to ask if it will be okay to RICA two different SIM cards from different networks with different residential addresses? I have a Vodacom SIM which I got years ago and now I would like to get an MTN SIM, but the address that I will use to RICA won't be the same as the...
  19. Emjay

    How did you RICA your ISP account?

    Hi MyBBers, Interested to see how different SPs RICA their customers. How did you RICA, and who is your SP? I'll start: I am with Cool Ideas and I had to RICA on their online portal by providing a scanned copy an ID document and proof of residence.
  20. S

    Financial crime costs the economy billions and criminals are always finding new ways to syphon money

    https://www.enca.com/shows/devi-23-february-2021 Nischal Mewalall, CEO of SABRIC:
  21. J

    How long it takes to buy a new SIM in 2020

    How long it takes to buy a new SIM in 2020 According to RICA, all cellphone numbers used in South Africa must be registered. To register, a consumer must provide a valid South African ID and proof of residence not older than three months when purchasing a SIM.
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