Overview
- Osiptel made the implementing resolution official on July 15, directing carriers to verify a person’s registered mobile lines before completing any new contract.
- The regulator will build a centralized, real‑time authentication platform and gives operators six months to integrate their systems with it.
- Renteseg will identify subscribers who exceed seven lines and carriers must notify those users for 10 business days before communicating a suspension within one business day and cancelling excess lines on the second business day.
- The rules include consumer protections such as refunds for prepaid days after deregistration, identity checks for foreign IDs issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and an option for subscribers to ask carriers to block new hires to their name.
- A new infractions regime will allow Osiptel to sanction operators that activate lines beyond the cap, fail to send required notices, or omit reporting, a move meant to curb fraud but likely to raise compliance costs for carriers and affect people who legitimately manage multiple lines for work.