Tarana: $50 fine for SIM registration anomaly

“Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will begin charging the mobile operators US$50 as fine for each SIM within a week,” said Tarana Halim, state minister for Posts and Telecommunication after a high level meeting held with BTRC high ups at her secretariat office in the city yesterday. BTRC has identified approximately 1000 SIMs which were re-registered with fake subscribers, she told reporters at BTRC office. BTRC has the right to fine US$50 for each fake SIM card according to its law. Tarana said: “A direction has been given to BTRC to implement the decision within a week.” The government will not allow any pre-activated SIM in the market as the public have completed their SIM with biometric system. The junior minister also said: “As per the directive of Telecommunication Division, the government has planned to introduce location tracking system and it would play a vital role in curbing Illegal VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) business.