The National Communications Authority (NCA) has announced to the Ghanaian public that it is coming out with a short code for individual subscribers to verify the number of SIM cards associated with a Ghana card.

The NCA is introducing a short code to prevent subscribers from trooping into the offices of telcos to verify the number of SIM cards associated with a Ghana card.

This comes after reports that SIM cards linked to peoples’ Ghana Cards are on the rise.

On its Facebook page on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, the NCA indicated that the short code will be operational by the end of April 2023.

This is because testing by telecommunications service providers is yet to be completed and approved.

“The NCA and the Telcos have already been actively working on a short code for Individual Subscribers to verify the number of SIMs associated with a Ghana card; you just type the short code on your phone, and after a verification process using your Ghana card pin, the number of SIMs associated with the Ghana card will be displayed,” a part of the statement read.

Currently, all SIM cards that have not been re-registered with a Ghana card have been blocked from receiving voice and data services.

The Ministry of Communications and Digitalisation began the SIM re-registration exercise in October 2021 as part of efforts “rid the country’s cyberspace of fraud, monitor and track down persons who use their phones for criminal activities.”

On March 31, 2023, subscribers who had linked their Ghana cards to their SIM cards but failed to complete the re-registration process had their SIMs disconnected.

Source: The Independent Ghana