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fingerprint
Telecom
1 min read

Thailand to adopt fingerprint registration for SIMs

Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has revealed plans to require all mobile operators to introduce an online fingerprint ID system for prepaid and postpaid mobile SIM registrations. The regulator has given a tentative…

workz
Telecom
1 min read

Workz Group launches world’s smallest SIM OS

Telecoms subscriber products manufacturer Workz Group has announced the launch of what it says is the world’s most lightweight SIM OS. The Z-OS operating system is around 40% smaller than other SIM operating systems on the market, providing operators with…

sim card registration
Telecom
1 min read

Cambodia sets final deadline for SIM registration

The Telecom Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) has given operators until the start of next month to register all customers’ SIM cards or disconnect any remaining unregistered SIMs. Operators will need to alert customers at least seven times within seven days before…

sim card registration
Telecom
1 min read

Singapore testing SIM logins for US visitors

The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) is piloting trials for US visitors to connect to the local wireless broadband network, Wireless@SG. The trials, which commenced yesterday and will run until September 21, will be conducted in partnership…

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Telecom
1 min read

Myanmar orders all SIMs registered by March

Myanmar’s Directorate of Telecommunications has instructed the nation’s mobile operators to complete the registration of all SIMs by next March. The telecom regulator has revealed that any unregistered SIMs still operating by that time will be temporarily…

3 hong kong
Telecom
1 min read

3 Hong Kong launches prepaid plans for Apple SIM

Hong Kong mobile operator 3 has announced its support for Apple SIM, introducing a line of short-term LTE data plans that can be chosen and activated from compatible iPads. The operator has introduced day pass plans offering two days of connectivity for HK$38…

nfc enabled payment data
Research
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Here’s why new NFC-enabled SIM cards may flop in Singapore

The service is too costly. Singapore’s telco operators recently unveiled new NFC-powered SIM cards, which will allow commuters to pay fares using their mobile phones. The SIM cards will also be accepted at 30,000 ez-link terminals across the island. However,…