Bahrain to suspend unregistered SIMs from September 26

Bahrain’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has said that owners of unregistered SIM cards will have until September 26, 2010 to register and complete their personal details, after which the unregistered mobile lines will be suspended.

The TRA originally instructed the operators to start registering prepay users in July 2008.

“We have taken this step to support the public safety and discourage illegitimate use of the mobile telecommunications networks,” commented TRA chairman and acting general director, Mohammed Al Amer.

“It is very important for the users of mobile services to understand the objectives of this step and to take necessary actions to register their details, if they wish to continue using their existing prepaid mobile phone number,” he added.