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Over 900,000 unverified SIM cards blocked by TCRA

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Dar es Salaam. Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) has blocked 900,000 unverified SIM cards as of February 14, 2023, the government has said.

The Minister for Information, Communication, and Information Technology, Mr Nape Nnauye, said this on February 15, 2022, during his visit to the Mwananchi Communications Limited (MCL) headquarters in Tabata Relini, Dar es Salaam.

The 900,000 blocked lines are part of the 2,000,000 lines on TCRA's chopping block.