Baku, Azerbaijan, May 7
By Huseyn Valiyev – Trend:
The illegal sale of Sim-cards of mobile operators will be completely eliminated in Azerbaijan, a source in the country's telecommunications market told Trend.
The source stressed that the introduction of a practice of centralized sale of Sim-cards allowed to systematize the sales and to eliminate the existing negative factors in this area up to 85 percent.
"Today, for example, the purchased subscriber's mobile number can not be activated until the subscriber information is entered into the centralized database," the source said.
"Presently, we are studying the practice of Turkey and other countries. In the near future, new methods will be used to combat the illegal sale of Sim cards, which stipulates elimination of the facts of registration of several Sim cards under the name of one person, as well as cloning of IMEI codes of mobile devices," the source said.
In accordance with the government's decision to amend the procedure for the sale of Sim cards, their registration is carried out in a centralized manner since Feb.1,2017 and upon the same rules for all operators, which allows eliminating existing shortcomings in this area and systematizing sales.
When a Sim card is sold, the information about a subscriber is entered into the database of mobile operators (Azercell, Azerfon and Bakcell), as well as the information and computing center of the Transport, Communications and High Technologies Ministry of Azerbaijan.
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