Thailand to limit cell phones in restive south
An AFP newswire article, via Yahoo! News, reports that:
Unregistered mobile phones will stop working in Thailand's insurgency-plagued southernmost provinces by mid-November, in an effort to curb bomb attacks triggered by cell phones.
"Starting November 15, no matter if you're travelling from Bangkok or Malaysia, you must have registered your number ... in order to be able to use your mobile in the three provinces," Deputy Prime Minister Chidchai Vanasathidya told reporters on Tuesday.
"Otherwise your signal will be cut."
Since May only users of pre-paid mobile services have been required to register with authorities, but Thai communications authorities have expanded that programme to include all cell phones.
The plan aims to stop bomb attacks triggered by mobile phones in the three southern provinces bordering Malaysia -- Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala -- where an insurgency has raged since January 2004 and claimed more than 970 lives.
posted by Fergie @ 10/11/2005 05:16:00 PM
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