Don't buy fraudulent SIM cards says DoC
Cellphone users should not be tempted to buy pre-registered SIM cards from traders because they contravene Rica legislation, the department of communications warned on Tuesday.
RICA, or else...
South Africans who do not have their SIM cards registered by the end of the day on Thursday will have their cellphone numbers deactivated.
RICA deadline looming: this is how to check your RICA status
Cutoff for registering SIMs on 30 June 2011 may affect intercom systems, electronic gates and home security systems
RICA deadline 30 June 2011 - what happens to your non-RICAed SIM
If you have not RICAed your SIM by 30 June, you will face a locked SIM and de-activated service
Cell C entices customers and RICA registration with R25 Welcome Bonus
Cell C offers new prepaid customers a R25 Welcome Bonus for signing up and RICAing their SIM
RICA your SIM cards or be blocked after June 30
Cellphone users must register with their service providers before June 30 or their SIM cards will be blocked
RICA re-examination urged while DoC asks South Africans to register SIM cards
The South African government is appealing to all citizens to register their SIM cards before 30 June 2011
I got an SMS the other day, from Vodacom, saying that my sim card had been RICAd. The thing is, I didn't RICA it...
Are they automatically RICA-ing sims ahead of the deadline? (But how? I'm on prepaid, so they don't have any of my details).
Or did someone else RICA my number? (Again...
Hi Folks,
I'm hoping some of you locals can help me with some unanswered questions about travel to ZA.
1) I'm going to be staying in Port St Johns for just under two weeks, JNB and DUR for a few days: what is most likely to be the best 3g broadband option? Vodacom looks promising but it's...
I just bought a new Virgin Mobile SIM at Checkers for the usual 99c, but I am having trouble activating the SIM card on my Android 2.2 Samsung Vibrant.
The SIM activation instructions state just the following:
Currently my phone won't really register to the Cell C network, like it is...
RICA doesn't protect against cellphone fraud says WASPA
WASPA issued a press release today to “correct misperceptions that RICA legislation may offer some protection against mobile fraud”
So say a criminal steals my phone. Inserts another sim card, which is his, with authentic (RICA) details, by chance I happen to get his number. So can't I locate/trace him with/via RICA? How do I go about doing that?
How to check your RICA compliance
The mobile RICA deadline was recently extended to 30 July 2011. Here is how to check whether you are safe come 1 July.
On holiday in the Limpopo province, I ran into an interesting glitch. I brought an outdoor mobile internet kit with me to the nature reserve I would be staying in for the week. Everything is working fine, but I am using my cell phone SIM card to run it. I did it to get it up and running and test...
RICA may be a security risk says Kaspersky
The anti-virus and security vendor Kaspersky is warning that RICA might be a significant security and privacy threat