The National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) in Egypt is moving to tighten procedures for verifying the identity of mobile phone line holders by expediting the availability of biometric verification mechanisms through mobile operator phone applications.
This step aims to enhance the security of the SIM card registration process and prevent the registration of lines in people’s names without their knowledge, prompting it to take a set of new regulatory measures in cooperation with the four mobile operators.
Importance of Biometric Verification
Biometric verification relies on using the user’s unique biometric characteristics to verify their identity, instead of relying solely on traditional personal data.
According to the NTRA statement, the new mechanisms will allow mobile phone line holders to verify their identity more securely through mobile operators’ mobile applications, thus strengthening the link between the line owner’s data and the actual holder.
Why biometric verification?
This step comes as part of a broader effort to tighten control over mobile phone line registration, following complaints about lines registered with citizens’ data without their knowledge.
The new procedures aim to verify the identity of the actual user of the line, prevent the recurrence of such incidents in the future, and protect citizens’ data and the rights of telecommunications service users.
Already Registered Lines
The measures aren’t limited to new lines. The regulatory body also mandated that mobile operators send text messages to all existing lines registered in their systems.
These messages instruct line holders to visit mobile operator branches to sign new contracts in the name of the actual line holder.
Failure to complete the contracting process within the specified timeframe will result in the line being permanently deactivated.
Thus, this identity verification process is part of a broader initiative to reorganize the data of existing line holders, and is not simply a procedure related to the sale of new SIM cards.
Digital Solutions
The new procedures provide citizens with a way to manage any mobile phone line registered in their name but not in their possession.
The authority confirmed that the new verification mechanisms will enable users to take the necessary actions regarding these lines.
Furthermore, making biometric verification available through mobile phone companies’ mobile applications will transfer some verification procedures from branches to digital channels, pending further details of the actual application to be announced by the relevant authorities.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
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