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March 11, 2016
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Vodafone SIM
Card Registration Begins
Accra, July 6, Ghanadot -
Vodafone Ghana has started the
registration of SIM cards of its customers under a
nationwide programme following a NCA directive to all mobile
operators in the country to register all new SIM cards to be
purchased effective July 1, 2010.
From July 1, 2010 all new Vodafone SIM card holders have the
opportunity to reach out to any of the Vodafone registration
centres, provide their personal details backed by an
official national identity document to the service provider
and be registered before they can make calls with the new
SIM.
Existing customers have up to a year to get their SIM cards
registered.
For many mobile phone users, the exercise will put to an end
a wide range of malefactors who have ruthlessly exploited
the relative obscurity and anonymity of mobile phones to
bring untold fear, confusion and mental anguish to
law-abiding citizens. For Vodafone, it is an opportunity to
get to know our customers much more closely.
According to the National Communications Authority and the
Ministry of Communications, the SIM card registration aims
to safeguard the public against a spate of insecurity,
including terrorism, drug trafficking, money laundering,
extortion, hate messages and incitement.
In an interview with Ekow Blankson, Trade Marketing Manager
of Vodafone said the exercise is going very smoothly,
stressing that, “people usually spend less than five minutes
with a registration officer. He said Vodafone had put out
2,000 trained persons across the length and breadth of the
country to implement the registration exercise.
He noted that these people will help register persons who
are unable to reach our retail shops or the mounted
registration centres.
“Additionally we are conducting massive educational campaign
to heighten the consciousness of customers and Ghanaians in
general about the need to register their SIM cards and
ensure that their details are adequately protected.”
He explained that the exercise by Vodafone has an added
advantage whereby customers can pre-register their SMS
before they come to a registration officer. “What this means
is that customers can register through the SMS before coming
to the centre for validation by the registration assistant.
Besides 600 Vodafone staffs have been trained to register
their friends and relatives as a means of increasing the
coverage of registration within the 31 –day period.”
Later in an interview, customers called for more
registration assistants at the centres to ensure faster
service delivery.
Manu, like a number of customers they pre-registered their
SIM cards earlier and thus spent much less time with the
agents.
Some of them however, complained about the effects of the
use of fake identity cards by certain unscrupulous persons
and called on the telecommunication companies to be alert to
such machinations. Others were of the opinion that without a
properly designated house numbering and National ID system,
it was difficult to trace people.
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Ghana gives Black Stars heroes'
welcome after World Cup
Accra, July 6, Ghanadot - Ghana's national
football team has arrived back home from the World Cup
in South Africa to a rapturous welcome. ...More
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Caster Semenya given all clear
after gender test row
Telegraph, UK, July 6, Ghanadot -
Caster
Semenya, the South African world 800 metres champion, is
set to be cleared to run against women, ending her
11-month exile from competitive racing since she was
ordered to undergo a gender verification test. ...More
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In
pursuit of
the
venerable
World Cup
soccer
trophy
Commentary,
July 6,
Ghanadot
- In the
game with
Uruguay, the
call for
penalty in
favor of
Ghana was
not fair
because it
sought to
redress a
goal that
has already
been scored
but for the
illegal
intervention
by Suarez. ... .More
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Vodafone SIM Card Registration Begins
Accra, July 6, Ghanadot - For many
mobile phone users, the exercise will put to an end a wide
range of malefactors who have ruthlessly exploited the
relative obscurity and anonymity of mobile phones to bring
untold fear, confusion and mental anguish to law-abiding
citizens...More
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