{"id":122875,"date":"2016-01-29T08:37:09","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T07:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=122875"},"modified":"2016-01-29T08:37:09","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T07:37:09","slug":"sim-registration-private-operators-make-brisk-business-in-ph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=122875","title":{"rendered":"SIM Registration: Private Operators Make Brisk Business In PH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A mobile network provid<br \/>\ners in the country continue to bar subscriber lines on the grounds of incomplete SIM card registration, private mobile registration operators are now having a field day due to the high influx of customers.<br \/>\nA subscriber who gave\u00a0 his name as Mr Maduwachi Monday, said SIM card re-registration had now become a huge income spinner in Port Harcourt.<br \/>\nHe hinted that both his Airtel and Glo lines had been bared due to the net work providers\u2019 claims of incomplete registration.<br \/>\nMonday, noted that he had spent over N200 in registering both lines previously, but wondered why he should spend more money to re-register same lines.<br \/>\nHe accused the mobile private SIM card registration centres of encouraging the system, so that they can make more money.<br \/>\nAnother phone user, Chisa Amadi, said it cost her N300 to register her two lines with a private body.<br \/>\nShe recalled how some subscribers have spent over one week at the network providers\u2019 offices without having their lines registered as a result of huge crowd at the MTN office along Port Harcourt\/Aba Expressway.<br \/>\nWithout being particular about the money spent, she expressed worry over the issue of putting subscribers under pressure always by telecom operators in the country.<br \/>\nIn his view, Mr Ejikeme Princewill, suggested licencing of the private mobile SIM card registration bodies in order to ease the business for the statutory telecommunication companies.<br \/>\nHe argued that since the network providers were re-registering their customers free, the process was slow, hence the need to licence the private bodies to speed up the system.<br \/>\nThe Tide learnt that some private sim card registration centres are making well over N10,000 on daily basis due to high rate of business turn-over.<br \/>\nOther subscribers like Mr Julius Amadi and Joy Chima have called President Mohammadu Buhari to close-mark the operations of telecommunication providers in the country, so as to check their lukewarm attitude.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_122878\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-122878\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-122878\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/FRED290116-ICT-18-300x179.jpg\" alt=\"L-R: Chief  Executive Officer and Vice President, ATC Nigeria, Godon Porter, Chairman, Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators, Gbenga Adebayo, Minister of Information  and Culture, Alhaji Lai Muhammed and Director, Legal and Regulatory Affairs\/Company Secretary, Airtel, Mr Shola Adeyemi, during the meeting of the Minister with mobile telecommunication operators in Lagos on Monday.\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/FRED290116-ICT-18-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/FRED290116-ICT-18.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-122878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L-R: Chief Executive Officer and Vice President, ATC Nigeria, Godon Porter, Chairman, Association of Licensed Telecommunication Operators, Gbenga Adebayo, Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Muhammed and Director, Legal and Regulatory Affairs\/Company Secretary, Airtel, Mr Shola Adeyemi, during the meeting of the Minister with mobile telecommunication operators in Lagos on Monday.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mobile network provid ers in the country continue to bar subscriber lines on the grounds of incomplete SIM card registration, private mobile registration operators are now having a field day due to the high influx of customers. 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