The recent mass service disconnection from unregistered and partially registered SIM cards has reportedly triggered an upsurge in the acquisition of new SIM cards across the country, but it is also creating problems for some mobile money wallets. Various SIM card vendors across the country confirmed to Techfocus24 via WhatsApp…
CEO of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, Dr. Kenneth Edem Ashigbey says some nine million SIM cards, seven million of which have mobile money wallets containing over GHS200 million risk being deactivated on Thursday, June 1, 2023. The mass SIM deactivation is in line with a directive of the National…
The deadline for SIM card re-registration elapses today, September 30, 2022. In July, the Minister for Communications, Ursula Owusu Ekuful, in her words ‘reluctantly’ extended the deadline for sim card registration to today. She cautioned that unregistered sim cards will be deactivated today if they fail to register within time.…
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has today redirected telcos to stop blocking the outgoing calls of persons who are yet to complete the registration of their SIM cards. Techgh24 learnt from very reliable sources on Sunday, September 11, 2022 that Communications Minister Ursula Owusu-Ekuful and her implementing agency, NCA were…
A group of aggrieved Ghanaians whose claim they have been penalized unfairly over the non-registration of their SIM cards are gearing up to file a class action lawsuit against the telecoms operators and the National Communications Authority (NCA). The group, led by IT expert and social activist, Selorm Brantie are…