KARACHI: The IT solutions service providers could design a secure and rapid verification and blocking system of cell phone SIMs and handsets provided the government supports and fosters integrated working environment, Country Manager of SAP Pakistan, Hassan Jamal said.
“The IT solutions and application provider such as SAP is highly advanced to help the government and cellular industry in speedy and transparent re-verification of SIM and blocking of handsets without IMEI numbers,” he said.
“It will be a challenging task for any resource provider to design a sophisticated and advanced IT applications in order to re-verify a gigantic subscribers’ base of more than 100 million,” he said.
There should be an integrated system in which cellular operators; manufacturers, dealers, franchisees and retailers are connected with database department, National Database Registration Authority (Nadra), Jamal added.
The data is very complicated and sensitive issue, which must be tackled sophisticatedly therefore it needs a realistic timeframe for accomplishing a foolproof task, he replied to the query if software providers can re-verify SIMs data in 30 days. staff report
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