The regulator, NCC needs to be fast and ready for the battle ahead. SIM boxing is a billion-dollar criminal enterprise.
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Another type of boxes exists in the telecommunications world: The SIM box. Have you ever received an international call but saw a local phone number ring in? That is SIM boxing in action. Let me explain. Asides the revenue loss that local mobile network operators suffer courtesy of the activities of these syndicates, networks face congestion around areas where the illegal call routings via SIM boxing occurs. With the huge traffic from the boxes, callers around the area see more dropped calls, poor call quality, and slower data speeds.At Premium Times, we firmly believe in the importance of high-quality journalism.
To enforce this rule, the Nigerian Communications Commission on the 29th of March announced the deadline for Mobile Network Operators to bar all subscribers who had five lines and above, and whose NIN failed the verification test of biometrics matching.
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