Mobile operators must now start disconnecting the SIM cards of prepaid mobile users who failed to register their numbers or face stiff penalties, warns the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC).

Operators will have to pay a fine of 0.3% of their total annual revenue if the regulator finds any unregistered user of SIM cards used their number to ignite a bomb.

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