الرئيسية
ABU DHABI, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates' telecoms
regulator has called on the country's two operators to get tough on
fake mobile phones, whose number is estimated at 70,000 in the Gulf
state.
Etisalat and du have been asked to identify couterfeit
handsets and cut services to them by the end of 2011 and pass on their
numbers to the regulator, Mohamed al-Ghanim, director-general of
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), told reporters.
"We
told the operators ... the UAE wants to be clean of fakes and they have
to take all necessary steps in detecting fakes," Ghanim said.
UAE
law prohibit the use, sale, purchase or distribution of fake mobile
phones and those violating the law will be given notices and fines and
in some cases their retail licences withdrawn, he said.
Most of the fakes are illegally imported, said Ghanim, declining to name any country.
There are some 11 million mobile phones in use in the country, he added.
regulator has called on the country's two operators to get tough on
fake mobile phones, whose number is estimated at 70,000 in the Gulf
state.
Etisalat and du have been asked to identify couterfeit
handsets and cut services to them by the end of 2011 and pass on their
numbers to the regulator, Mohamed al-Ghanim, director-general of
Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), told reporters.
"We
told the operators ... the UAE wants to be clean of fakes and they have
to take all necessary steps in detecting fakes," Ghanim said.
UAE
law prohibit the use, sale, purchase or distribution of fake mobile
phones and those violating the law will be given notices and fines and
in some cases their retail licences withdrawn, he said.
Most of the fakes are illegally imported, said Ghanim, declining to name any country.
There are some 11 million mobile phones in use in the country, he added.