Pre-paid sim card providers to stop selling over identity regulations
New regulations to help prevent terrorism mean providers have to register the details of anyone who buys a pre-paid sim card, and two providers have decided to withdraw from the market
Withdrawal in June
The change to the rules comes as part of the battle against terrorism, making it impossible to use mobile phones anonymously. In future, every mobile phone in use will be attached to a personal identity.
A check by the telephone regulator BIPT showed four providers were still not in line with the new regulations. Neither Aldi Talk nor Simyo, which is owned by Telenet, was implicated, but the two providers have now taken the decision to withdraw from the market from early June.
According to consumer organisation Test-Aankoop, the pair are often the most advantageous formulas available to users of pre-paid sim cards.
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