It is illegal to rent SIM cards – NCA warns

The National Communications Authority (NCA) has cautioned businesses and individuals against renting SIM cards in Ghana.

In a statement, NCA stated that the practice violates the law.

“The NCA wishes to state categorically that such individuals and entities and their mode of operations have not been sanctioned by the Authority.

“Their business model is classified as pre-registration of SIMs for use and as such contravenes Section 73b (1) of the Electronic Communications (Amendment) Act, 2016, which states that, ‘A person shall not deal in a pre-registered subscriber identity module or user identity module’, “the statement said.

According to NCA, this illegal service violates the objective of the SIM Registration Exercise, which seeks to link a SIM to a verified identity of an individual as a means of curbing criminal activities and maintaining a SIM database with integrity.

It further warned all entities and individuals engaged in this business to cease and desist with immediate effect.

Below is the full statement