NCC plans blocking stolen SIMs in five minutes

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The Nigerian Communications Commission has proposed that the time taken to block the Subscribers Identity Module of a reported stolen phone should be reduced from 30 minutes to five minutes.

This was disclosed during the three-day public inquiries of six regulatory instruments at the commission in Abuja.

While presenting the Draft Quality of Service Business Rules, the Deputy Director, Technical Standards and Networks Integrity Department, Edoyemi Ogoh, noted that this amendment was being made.

He said according to the proposed amendment, once a phone was reported and confirmed stolen, the service provider would be required to block such a line within five minutes…