South Africans must show ID to get mobile phones
A Reuters newswire article, via Yahoo! News, reports that:
South Africans must supply proof of identity and address to get a cell phone or SIM card from next month under a new law aimed at fighting the country's notorious rates of crime.
South Africa's biggest cell phone operator Vodacom, joint owned by Telkom and Britain's Vodafone said on Friday that from December 1 all individuals and businesses would have to supply photocopies of identity cards or passports to get a phone or SIM card.
The law would apply to pay-as-you-go customers, who account for the majority of the South African market, as well as contract subscribers.
posted by Fergie @ 11/11/2005 08:22:00 AM
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