Telenor ready for new system of SIM issuance

Telenor Pakistan has completed all preparations for implementation of verification based SIM activation regime. Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), Dr Mohammad Yaseen visited Telenor Pakistan's Call Center in Lahore on Friday to witness the process and see the state of the art purpose built system.

Sale of pre-activated SIMs shall be stopped by January 31 thereafter verification of Computerised National Identity Card (CNIC) and activation of SIMs shall only be done through calling 789 from the same SIM and the call centre would ask few questions to verify the data provided by the consumer.

Telenor Pakistan , in its continued efforts as a responsible organization, arranged 116 trade conventions nation-wide, to educate its retailers regarding new verification based SIM activation regime. These conventions emphasized the need for proper registration of SIMs and formal documentation for existing and new connections as per PTA and Government policy. A total of 30,000 retailers have participated in these conventions