SIM registration deadline passes tonight
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The 11 million prepaid mobile-phone users who had not registered their SIM cards by Wednesday's deadline will lose all services at midnight, said the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC).
Among those 11 million users, 5 million are customers of Advanced Info Service, 4 million are with Total Access Communication (DTAC) and the rest with TrueMove H.
The NBTC claims that the strict regulation that all prepaid mobile-phone users must use their identity cards to register their SIM cards is due to national-security concerns.
There are 110 million mobile-phone subscriptions in Thailand, of which 85 million numbers are for prepaid services.
