Saturday, March 7, 2015
PTA Confirms no SIM will be Sold without Biometric Verification System in Pakistan from August 2014
PTA Make Sure no SIM to be Sold without Biometric Verification System in Pakistan from August 2014
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has declared that no SIM will be sold or activated from 1st of August 2014 through out the Pakistan without biometric verification system. According to this new approach, clients will need to check their character through thumb impression to affirm that the CNIC they are utilizing for enactment of SIM is honest to goodness, unique and it fits in with them.According to PTAs SOP, a client need to present his/her CNIC to deals illustrative of cell organizations before making a buy of SIM. After which client will need to record the thumb impression that will be matched – continuously – with NADRAs database. After fruitful match of thumb impression with NADRAs record, the client will be issued another actuated SIM. PTA said that SIM initiations through 789 will end and Sims might be enrolled through biometric confirmation.
What is Biometric Verification System
Biometric check is really the methodology verifying that the CNIC you are holding at the time of SIM buy is to be sure yours. This is carried out by matching your thumb impression with NADRAs database against the CNIC youd create at the time of purchasing new SIM.
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On the off chance that you recall, at the time of getting your NADRA CNIC you were asked to record your thumb impressions. Which implies there is a thumb impression put away without wanting to, be presently matched to verify that the CNIC for sure has a place with you.
Along these lines, nobody will have the capacity to buy new SIM on CNIC that is fake or doesnt fit in with the client. Move – that is liable to hit offers of cell organizations – is gone for checking unregistered and unconfirmed Sims in the nation, that are ostensibly the fundamental driver of more than 80 percent of criminal and terrorism related exercises in Pakistan.
PTA, on the other hand, didnt reveal its get ready for checking or re-confirming officially dynamic Sims. Not to overlook, there more than 139 million cell associations in Pakistan and it is said that a large number of those memberships are either unregistered or they are enlisted with fake CNIC.
Along these lines, nobody will have the capacity to buy new SIM on CNIC that is fake or doesnt fit in with the client. Move – that is liable to hit offers of cell organizations – is gone for checking unregistered and unconfirmed Sims in the nation, that are ostensibly the fundamental driver of more than 80 percent of criminal and terrorism related exercises in Pakistan.
PTA, on the other hand, didnt reveal its get ready for checking or re-confirming officially dynamic Sims. Not to overlook, there more than 139 million cell associations in Pakistan and it is said that a large number of those memberships are either unregistered or they are enlisted with fake CNIC.
How to Get New SIM in Pakistan Now
Dont worry here are some simple steps to be done to get new SIM in Pakistan after 1st of August 2014.
- Customer will have to show his/her CNIC.
- The Customer Service Representative/Franchise Representative/Retailer will check the CNIC for SIMs already issued. If 5 SIMs have already been issued on the respective CNIC, no further action can be taken.
- CNIC with more than 5 registered SIMs (of any operator) can not purchase more SIMs.
- Customer can check the registered SIMs against his/her CNIC by sending 13 digit CNIC number to 668. This will return the operator wise connection count for the submitted CNIC.
- In the case that 5 SIMs have not been issued on the respective CNIC, the details are entered into the system and customer will be asked to put thumb on the biometric machine.
- Customer’s thumb print (and/or Index Finger and Thumb of both Left and Right hand) will then be verified by the system, through NADRA.
- Once verified, new, pre-activated SIM will be handed over to the customer
