*The Nigerian Communications Commission has issued the fresh Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) replacement rules for individuals, corporate organisations, IoT/machine to machine in the country

Gbenga Kayode | ConsumerConnect

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has published the fresh Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) replacement rules for individuals, corporate organisations, IoT/machine to machine.

ConsumerConnect reports the West African country’s telecoms sector regulatory Commission released the new comprehensive document bearing the guidelines for both individual and corporate consumers Wednesday, April 27, 2022, via its official Web site.

The NCC also noted that the following processes would govern SIM Replacement of Individuals and Corporate (IoT and M2M).

According to the Commission, these processes shall be read in conjunction with the SIM Replacement Guidelines 2021 and the provisions of the Revised National Identity Policy for SIM Registration.

General Rules

1. The use of NIN is Mandatory for all SIM Replacement.
2. Adequate quality assurance measures shall be built into the validation and verification processes to ensure accuracy of verifications/validations.
3. Where BVN generated NIN is flagged by NIMC, Communications Service Providers shall not conduct SIM Replacement for Individual and Corporate (IoT/M2M) subscriber. Communications Service Provider shall advice the Subscriber to return to NIMC office for regularisation.
4. Where Communications Service Providers are unable to successfully verify the subscriber’s NIN records due to a degradation in the service availability threshold, Communications Service Providers are to refer to Appendix 2 of the Business Rules for SIM Registration.

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