Mobitel enters encompassing registration system

Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel has announced its Registration / Re-Registration scheme of its subscribers.

This is in response to a directive made by the Telecommunication Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL), that all mobile phone subscribers be registered with their respective network and prove ownership of the Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) in their possession whenever they are requested to do so by the security forces or police personnel.

All Mobitel subscribers are provided with the facility to register or re-register at any of the 65 Mobitel Centres by producing the SIM or SIMs in their possession along with their National Identity Card (NIC), valid passport or driving license (DL). Each Centre is staffed with trained personnel and equipped with the facility to take a digital photograph of the subscriber that will then be sent to a central database via MMS.

Speaking on the significance of this, Chairperson, Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel Leisha De Silva Chandrasena, said that they have decided to comply 100% with the directive issued by the TRCSL.

“Thus, we will issue a printed ownership certificate which we call Mobitel Identification Certificate or MIC for short, in addition to the Mobitel Digital Certificate, which can be easily invoked by the user.”

Speaking at the launch, CEO, Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel Suren J. Amarasekera said “The task of matching a photograph against a subscriber’s physical appearance and then determining its validity will exert great pressure on the front liners, if we leave that in their hands. Any subscriber can get his or her photograph at the centre free of charge.