Ghana will introduce biometric verification into SIM registration before the end of the year, the second attempt at an exercise whose first run left more than 10 million subscribers only […]

The Philippine National Police Anti-Cybercrime Group is urging lawmakers to amend the SIM Registration Act so applicants use the national ID and biometric authentication before a mobile number is activated. […]

Egypt’s National Telecom Regulatory Authority has launched an electronic biometric verification system that lets users complete identity checks and electronic signatures inside mobile applications rather than at a company branch. […]

Pakistan’s two identity and telecom authorities have given conflicting accounts of whether face verification through the state PakID app will be available for issuing SIM cards. In a written reply […]

Holders of Uganda’s newly issued national identity cards are being turned away from banks and telecom shops because the QR codes on the cards do not authenticate, MPs told Parliament […]

India’s Department of Telecommunications has notified rules requiring biometric identification before a person can obtain, change or disconnect a mobile connection, with operators given three months to build the systems […]

Egyptian lawmaker Amira al-Adly has called for clearer legal and institutional safeguards around plans to use facial recognition when registering mobile phone lines. Adly, a member of the House of […]

Mexico has reached the first deadline in its staged registration schedule for prepaid mobile lines, beginning the enforcement phase of a national program that links phone numbers with verified identity […]