{"id":47941,"date":"2024-05-01T06:36:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T06:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/bocra-issues-fines-for-fake-phones"},"modified":"2024-05-01T07:01:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T07:01:27","slug":"bocra-issues-fines-for-fake-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/bocra-issues-fines-for-fake-phones","title":{"rendered":"BOCRA issues fines for fake phones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) dished out fines ranging up to P2,000 each to 55 retailers around the country who were found selling substandard and counterfeit communications devices last year.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>According to the Authority\u2019s annual report released recently, BOCRA conducted inspections on 169 communication retailers around the country and found 55 of them to be non-compliant, selling devices that were substandard, counterfeit or unauthorised.<\/p>\n<p>BOCRA is responsible for enforcing type approval standards in the country which ensure that all communications equipment used in Botswana is compliant with national standards, covering health and safety, electro- magnetic compatibility, interoperability, and the latest National Radio Frequency Plan. In its inspections last year, BOCRA seized 432 communication devices and dished out penalties not exceeding P2,000 to those selling them.<\/p>\n<p>The inspections were conducted in Francistown, Shoshong, Mahalapye, Goodhope, Kanye, Moshupa, Ramotswa, Mosolotshane, Mmathethe, and Lobatse. According to the Authority, compliance was found to be lowest in Francistown and Kanye, while Shoshong, Mahalapye, Ramotswa, Moshupa, Mosolotsane, and Mmathethe had the highest rates of compliance.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts believe the compliance rates are linked to the number of retailers in each area, with larger towns susceptible to lower compliance rates due to a higher density of retailers.<\/p>\n<p>BOCRA officials said the Authority would continue carrying out type approval inspections and awareness activities in areas that have a low compliance rate to improve compliance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. The Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) dished out fines ranging up to P2,000 each to 55 retailers around the country who were found selling substandard and counterfeit communications devices last year. According to the Authority\u2019s annual report released recently, BOCRA conducted inspections on 169 communication retailers around the country and found 55 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":47940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,7],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-47941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-head-lines","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BOCRA issues fines for fake phones - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) dished out fines ranging up to P2,000 each to 55 retailers a ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/bocra-issues-fines-for-fake-phones\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BOCRA issues fines for fake phones\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) dished out fines ranging up to P2,000 each to 55 retailers a ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/bocra-issues-fines-for-fake-phones\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-01T06:36:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-01T07:01:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2024\/05\/sm_1714534049.612221.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/bocra-issues-fines-for-fake-phones#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/bocra-issues-fines-for-fake-phones\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"BOCRA issues fines for fake phones\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-01T06:36:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-01T07:01:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/bocra-issues-fines-for-fake-phones\"},\"wordCount\":241,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/bocra-issues-fines-for-fake-phones#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2024\/05\/sm_1714534049.612221.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"head lines\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/bocra-issues-fines-for-fake-phones#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/bocra-issues-fines-for-fake-phones\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/bocra-issues-fines-for-fake-phones\",\"name\":\"BOCRA issues fines for fake phones - 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