Fake phones

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.
Michael Malakata
2:20
Oct 26, 2012

Kenya to switch off unregistered SIM cards

Regulator is seeking ways of reducing mobile related fraud and crimes.
1:10
Oct 4, 2012

Rwanda plans fake phone switch off

Country plans to follow in the footsteps of Kenya in deactivating counterfeit handsets.
3:30
Oct 2, 2012

Kenya: over ‘one million’ fake phones blocked

Original estimates that 800,000 counterfeit handsets would be deactivated have been surpassed.
2:20
Oct 1, 2012

Kenya starts blocking ‘800,000’ fake phones

Safaricom has started halting services to 20,000 subscribers per hour since midnight.
3:00
Sep 27, 2012

Fake phone replacement frenzy hits Kenya

Owners of counterfeit handsets encouraged to swap devices in return for real cellphones.
3:10
Sep 4, 2012

What happens to Zambia’s seized fake phones?

Officials are left scratching their heads about what to do next with confiscated devices.
1:20
Aug 15, 2012

Zambian police confiscate 2,600 fake phones

An anti-piracy squad has raided shops in Lusaka and the country’s Copperbelt mining area.
2:10
Jul 22, 2012

Court action over fake phone switch-off

Kenyan rights body says consumers with contracts could be illegally interrupted.
1:40
Jun 29, 2012

'Fake phones a threat to mobile money'

Kenya plans to phase out all counterfeit cellphones and unregistered SIM cards.