Prepaid SIM card owners in Indonesia must register their identities by February 2018 or face suspension
Prepaid SIM card owners in Indonesia will soon have more than pulsa (phone credit) to worry about, as the government is requiring them to officially register their identities with their mobile number. The IT Ministry (Kominfo) recently issued a ministerial decree requiring every prepaid SIM card owner — if they haven’t already done so — to register their number with a valid KTP (national ID card) and Kartu Keluarga (Family Card) starting October 31 until February 28, 2018 at the very latest. Failure to do so will result in the temporary suspension of the services available for that number, starting with a blockage of phone call and SMS capabilities and then blockage of internet services. “This is not something that’s difficult to do. So please follow the correct procedures because if not, you will face the consequences,” said Kominfo’s director-general of postand information technology Ahmad M. Ramli, as quoted by Det...