Registration Of New SIM Cards Set To Commence On April 19
The Nigerian government on Thursday, April 15, 2021, lifted the ban on registration, activation, and replacement of new SIM cards in all parts of the country. This news was made public by Femi Adeluyi, the Technical Assistant (Information Technology) to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami. Read more about Tech […]
FG Extends NIN-SIM Linkage By Eight Weeks
Following a meeting between the Nigerian communication minister, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, and relevant stakeholders in the industry on Monday, February 1, 2021, the federal government has decided to extend the deadline for linking National Identification Number and Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) by eight weeks. Read more about NIN This means that the February […]
What You Need To Know About The e-SIM
If you observed SIM cards carefully till now, you will observe how small they have been consistently becoming. From SIM to micro-SIM cards to now popular nano-SIM, you will be forgiven for assuming that someone somewhere was working hard to make them disappear. I know I was thinking it myself. The new e-SIM is […]
Video Of The Week: What Is An eSIM And How Does It Work?
The sim card is one piece of technology that has evolved through many stages. Its latest stage, the eSIM, is a gamechanger for how we network. Read more about Video of the week What is an eSIM? The term refers to a SIM that is embedded or electronic. Unlike a physical card, it is […]
Did You Know? Nigeria’s SecureID Is West Africa’s First Smart Card Producing Company
Somewhere in Lagos’ district of Isolo, there’s a manufacturing facility with machines spewing out thousands of smart cards every working day. It might be considered just another one of hundreds of industrial scale production lines scattered across Nigeria’s commercial capital; but it isn’t. SecureID That’s because it’s owned by SecureID, West Africa’s first smart card […]
SIM Cards are Vulnerable To Hacking, Research Reveals
SIM cards are the de facto trust anchor of mobile devices worldwide. The cards protect the mobile identity of subscribers, associate devices with phone numbers, and increasingly store payment credentials, for example in NFC-enabled phones with mobile wallets. With over seven billion cards in active use, SIMs may well be the most widely used security […]