NOW YOUR PHONE NEEDS A LICENCE
Under the recently promulgated Regulation of Interception of Communications & Communication-Related Information Act (Rica), anyone selling or giving away a cellphone or Sim card will have to make and keep a record of the recipient’s name and address, and a photocopy of their ID.
And, if a cellphone or Sim card is stolen, lost or destroyed, the owner or user will have to report it, and the registration details, to the police.
The measures are part of a security crackdown on the use of cellphones in crime, security officials say.
The new requirements will not have much effect on contracted cellphone subscribers, who must already provide contractual details. But it will force prepaid subscribers, about 88% of the cellular phone market, to identify themselves for the first time.
Service provider Vodacom says it has already developed an electronic registration form to enable prepaid customers to comply more easily with the regulations.
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