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| UCC's Director, Technology and Licensing, Patrick Mwesigwa |
"We want to sensitize people about the features of fake phones so that the public and businessmen importing phones know exactly what they are buying or importing," UCC's Director, Technology and Licensing, Patrick Mwesigwa told MPs on the Information and Communications Technology committee yesterday.
According to the spokesperson of UCC Fred Otunnu, fake mobile handsets not only contravene UCC provisions, but they also pose "a security threat since they have no clear identification in terms of serial numbers.""Equipment connected to the network is meant to be of the genuine type approved by UCC in order to achieve compatibility and avoid compromising the network," Otunnu said.
Otunnu noted that the ongoing registration of mobile phone sim cards is complimentary rather than connected with the need to stop the circulation of fake phones on the market.
When implemented, the policy directive will see Uganda join Kenya which switched off more than 1 million fake mobile handsets early this month.
In a related development, MPs heard that UCC is set to gazette new stringent quality of service benchmarks for telecommunication companies tomorrow, as it seeks to address complaints of plummeting quality of services. The parameters which will see licenses of repeat offenders revoked will provide for financial penalties for blocked calls, loss of network coverage and dropped calls.
Source : http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/636921-fake-mobile-phone-handsets-to-be-switched-off-next-year.html
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