SIM-NIN linkage: Telcos to bar millions of subscribers from network

The four major telecom operators will by March 2024 bar millions of their subscribers from using their mobile lines over noncompliance with SIM -NIN linkage regulation.

MTN, Airtel, Glo and 9mobile disclosed this yesterday in a joint statement issued via their association and signed by the Chairman of Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), Gbenga Adebayo and its Executive Secretary, Gbolahan Awonuga.

Responding to a directive issued by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on December 15, asking the telcos to delist noncompliance subscribers, the big four operators said on Tuesday, they would abide and bar subscribers would fail to link their SIM with NIN by March next year.

The statement read in part: “The NCC has directed our members as provided below: That all MSISDNs for which the subscribers have not submitted their NINs are to be barred on or before 28 February 2024.

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“That where five (5) or more MSISDNs are linked to an unverified NIN, such MSISDNs are to be barred on or before 29 March 2024

“Where less than 5 MSISDNs are linked to an unverified NIN, such MSISDNs are to be barred on or before 15 April 2024.

“All affected subscribers must be verified (biometrics and biodata) before their lines are unbarred.”