VODACOM Tanzania has extended working hours throughout its shops and service desks across the country to meet the demands of customers rushing to meet December deadline for biometric registration of all SIM cards.<\/p>\n
The company\u2019s Managing Director Hisham Hendi said in Dar es Salaam over the weekend that the move is aimed at ensuring more Vodacom customers comply with biometric registration of Sim cards and ensure they stay connected.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe understand how busy the holiday season can get and with the December 31st deadline looming, we have decided to extend our working hours from 5 pm to 8 pm,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He added; \u201cWe thereby call on our customers who have national identification cards and NIDA numbers to visit our shops across the country and register their SIM cards to comply with the government\u2019s directive in order to avoid any inconveniences of interruption of communication services especially during the festive season.\u201d<\/p>\n
Customers who have not yet applied for national identification cards should do so, in order to complete their Sim card registration process. SIM cards biometric registration is meant to curb misuse of mobile phones and enhance security.<\/p>\n
Tanzanians have been urged to get NIDA cards and numbers in order to comply with this directive. According to a government directive, telecommunication SIM cards that have not been registered biometrically will be disconnected after the 31st December deadline.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn addition we have tasked our Vodacom agents who have special IDs and uniforms to visit businesses and residential neighbourhoods to mobilize and facilitate customers to register their SIM cards at ease,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
He said that a client needs to have either a National Identification Card or just the ID number, \u201cif a person can remember his\/ her National Identification Number (NIN) then we registers him, it\u2019s not a must for someone to produce physical National ID,\u201d said Hisham.<\/p>\n
Early this year, the government through TCRA directed all SIM card holders to be registered biometrically, Biometrics are becoming increasingly used as a \u201cknow your customer (KYC)\u201d tool for keeping fraudsters out of the customer base, particularly for telecom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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