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State-owned mobile phone network provider NetOne says it has disconnected over 100 000 unregistered subscribers as it complies with a directive from the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe.
In terms of the law, service providers are required to register subscribers. Potraz ordered mobile operators to disconnect all unregistered subscribers by August 31 following an increase in abusive texts being sent across networks through unregistered lines.
NetOne managing director Mr Reward Kangai said the mobile operator had fully complied with the Potraz directive.
“We disconnected an excess of about 100 000 unregistered subscribers in July immediately after we had a meeting with Potraz.
“However, a large number have since been reconnected after registering and registration is still underway,” he said.
Potraz also warned members of the public against buying or selling activated lines because in the event the line being abused, the registered subscriber was held accountable.
Meanwhile, Potraz acting director-general Mr Alfred Marisa said the authority was still assessing whether mobile operators were complying with the directive.
The country’s second largest mobile phone operator by subscribers Telecel Zimbabwe has also switched off close to 100 000 unregistered lines.
Telecel said close to 90 percent of these were subscribers who were deemed technically dormant as they had gone over 90 days without any activity on their lines. — New Ziana.
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