Date set for sim-card registration

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Registration of all prepaid mobile phone sim-cards starts on September 15, 2008, the Botswana Telecommunications Authority (BTA) has said.

The exercise will be completed in 17 months and those who would not have registered their sim cards by then will be disconnected. They will be required to purchase new ones. The registration exercise will run until December 31, 2009.

BTA Chief Executive, Thari Pheko, announced said at a press conference on Wednesday morning that the registration will involve taking the identity details of the owner of the sim-card.

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