Bangladesh to deactivate SIMs exceeding 10 per person from todayThe Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has begun a nationwide move to deactivate mobile SIM cards registered under a single person’s name if the total exceeds 10. The process, starting on Saturday, follows a six-month notice given to users to de-register excess SIMs through their mobile operators by Oct 30. According to the commission, the decision will affect around 2.6 million users, resulting in the shutdown of about 6.7 million SIMs nationwide. “The operators will then be instructed to deactivate the extra SIMs, starting with the least-used ones,” he added. BTRC data from May showed Bangladesh has about 67.6 million active mobile users, compared with 186 million SIMs sold.
