All SIM cards that are not fully registered on the AirtelTigo network as of November 30, 2022, will be prohibited from accessing any services in accordance with the government’s requirement to link all SIM cards to National Identification Card (Ghana Card).
Customers who have successfully linked their SIM cards to their Ghana Cards but have not undergone biometric capture will effectively have all partially registered SIM cards blocked from making and receiving calls, accessing the internet and mobile money services, sending and receiving SMS, and other services.
On December 1st, approximately 1.5 million AirtelTigo subscribers who have finished the first step of registration but have not yet finished the last step of biometric capture will be barred.
Leo Skarlatos, Chief Executive Officer of AirtelTigo, made the news and said, “We encourage all subscribers who, for one reason or another, have not been able to properly register, to do so promptly and restore their services and phone numbers. We appreciate each and every AirtelTigo customer who has registered their SIM cards completely and is using our services.
The NCA ordered all telecommunication firms to register every subscriber with their Ghana Card, and this effort complies with that order.