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NetOne disconects over 100 000 unregistered clients
24 Sep 2013 at 17:48hrs | Views
State-owned mobile phone network provider NetOne said on Monday it has disconnected over 100 000 unregistered subscribers as it complies with a Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) directive.
In terms of the law, service providers are required to register subscribers.
POTRAZ ordered mobile operators to disconnect all unregistered subscribers by the 31st of August following an increase in abusive texts being sent across networks through unregistered lines.
NetOne managing director Mr Reward Kangai said the mobile operator had fully complied with the POTRAZ directive.
"We disconnected an excess of about 100 000 unregistered subscribers in July immediately after we had a meeting with POTRAZ.
"However a large number have since been reconnected after registering and registration is still underway," he said. POTRAZ also warned members of the public against buying or selling activated lines because in the event the line being abused, the registered subscriber was held accountable.
Meanwhile POTRAZ deputy director Alfred Marisa said the authority was still assessing whether mobile operators were complying with the directive.
The country's second largest mobile phone operator by subscriber base Telecel Zimbabwe has also switched off close 100 000 unregistered lines.
Telecel said close to 90 percent of these were subscribers who were deemed technically dormant as they had gone over 90 days without any activity on their lines.
In terms of the law, service providers are required to register subscribers.
POTRAZ ordered mobile operators to disconnect all unregistered subscribers by the 31st of August following an increase in abusive texts being sent across networks through unregistered lines.
NetOne managing director Mr Reward Kangai said the mobile operator had fully complied with the POTRAZ directive.
"We disconnected an excess of about 100 000 unregistered subscribers in July immediately after we had a meeting with POTRAZ.
"However a large number have since been reconnected after registering and registration is still underway," he said. POTRAZ also warned members of the public against buying or selling activated lines because in the event the line being abused, the registered subscriber was held accountable.
Meanwhile POTRAZ deputy director Alfred Marisa said the authority was still assessing whether mobile operators were complying with the directive.
The country's second largest mobile phone operator by subscriber base Telecel Zimbabwe has also switched off close 100 000 unregistered lines.
Telecel said close to 90 percent of these were subscribers who were deemed technically dormant as they had gone over 90 days without any activity on their lines.
Source - www.businessdaily.co.zw
