Archives Tag: SIM Card

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Registration Of New SIM Cards Set To Commence On April 19

April 19, 2022

  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 … Continue reading Registration Of New SIM Cards Set To Commence On April 19

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FG Extends NIN-SIM Linkage By Eight Weeks

April 19, 2022

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 … Continue reading FG Extends NIN-SIM Linkage By Eight Weeks

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What You Need To Know About The e-SIM

April 19, 2022

  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 … Continue reading What You Need To Know About The e-SIM

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Video Of The Week: What Is An eSIM And How Does It Work?

April 19, 2022

  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 … Continue reading Video Of The Week: What Is An eSIM And How Does It Work?

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BUSINESS ECONOMY

Did You Know? Nigeria’s SecureID Is West Africa’s First Smart Card Producing Company

April 19, 2022

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 … Continue reading Did You Know? Nigeria’s SecureID Is West Africa’s First Smart Card Producing Company

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TECH Telecommunication

SIM Cards are Vulnerable To Hacking, Research Reveals

April 19, 2022

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 … Continue reading SIM Cards are Vulnerable To Hacking, Research Reveals

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