Zambia sets up committee to clampdown on fake handsets
Mobile operators and the telecoms authority have joined forces to regulate fake mobile phones sold on the black market.
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Kenya to switch off unregistered SIM cards
Regulator is seeking ways of reducing mobile related fraud and crimes.
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Rwanda plans fake phone switch off
Country plans to follow in the footsteps of Kenya in deactivating counterfeit handsets.
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Kenya: over ‘one million’ fake phones blocked
Original estimates that 800,000 counterfeit handsets would be deactivated have been surpassed.
2:20
Kenya starts blocking ‘800,000’ fake phones
Safaricom has started halting services to 20,000 subscribers per hour since midnight.
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Fake phone replacement frenzy hits Kenya
Owners of counterfeit handsets encouraged to swap devices in return for real cellphones.
3:10
What happens to Zambia’s seized fake phones?
Officials are left scratching their heads about what to do next with confiscated devices.
1:20
Zambian police confiscate 2,600 fake phones
An anti-piracy squad has raided shops in Lusaka and the country’s Copperbelt mining area.
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Court action over fake phone switch-off
Kenyan rights body says consumers with contracts could be illegally interrupted.
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'Fake phones a threat to mobile money'
Kenya plans to phase out all counterfeit cellphones and unregistered SIM cards.