Telecos to block phones/devices used for fraudulent acts

Adnan Adams Mohammed
Telecommunication Network Companies in the country are
currently collaborating with the regulator, National Communication Authority
(NCA) to introduce a system that will detect fraudulent phone call and text
message conversations and then block such phones and sim cards used for the
act.
This is part of efforts to help the telecommunication
industry players outsmart the ‘smart fraudsters’ who are constantly innovating
and creating new ways to outwit tech industry players and consumers to deceive
and dupe them.
According to the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunication, the
system will work harmoniously in such a way that, if the fraudulent
conversation was done on a particular network sim card, let say MTN, then the
network provider will block the phone from being able to use any MTN sim card
again. Automatically, the other networks AirtelTigo, Vodafone, Glo will also
block the phone to be dysfunctional from using any of their sim cards in that
particular phone or device. So the phone will become ‘useless’, it cannot be
used in Ghana again.
“And not only will we [telecos] block the device (phone) but
when we detect that a particular Identification card has been used to register
a sim card to perpetuate fraudulent acts, then we’ll block that ID too”,
Kenneth Ashigbey, CEO of the Chamber told journalist at a press soiree in Accra
when he spoke on the outlook for 2021 for the telecom industry players.
“So, hopefully towards the end of the year, that will be in
motion. And also, next sim re-registration will happen to help in this effort.”
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