Mobile SIM cards on display at the NBTC office. Mr Sutisak said the NBTC is aware of small mobile shop vendors allowing people to subscribe for many SIM cards, which later change hands.
The telecom regulator is considering forcing mobile subscribers who own more than 10 active SIM cards to re-register at mobile operators’ service centres as part of an effort to combat online and phone scams.
The move is meant to obstruct offenders who use “mule” bank accounts to commit illegal transactions through mobile banking apps.
Sutisak Tantayotin, deputy secretary-general of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), said the agency is looking…
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