The Communication Minister believes that the operation of an interconnect clearing house in the country will help in the monitoring of calls, both local and international, on one common platform to avoid the incidence of sim boxing.
Speaking at the Government for the people forum held in Kumasi, Dr Omane Boamah stated that the interconnect clearing house would bounce off all unregistered sim cards that are currently been used in the system.
He said: “By the end of this year, we would have completed the ongoing procurement to appoint a firm to be in charge of the interconnect clearing house that will ensure that be it international calls or local calls, we would be able to monitor all on a common platform. It is our expectation that through this we would be able to minimize, if not eliminate, those calls that we receive from abroad and they manifest on our phones as local calls.”
The Communication Minister also highlighted the availability the Mobile Network License and urge Ghanaian entrepreneurs to take advantage of the opportunity to acquire these licenses.
“Again, cabinet has approved what we call the Mobile Virtual Network License and this is a system that is empowering Ghanaians so that we can also take advantage of the telecommunications industry which is largely driven by non- Ghanaian interests. We think that it is important that we allow foreign investment into our country but there has to be an equitable ratio of Ghanaian interest and by this we are encouraging entrepreneurs to take advantage of the Mobile Virtual Network Operation License that cabinet has approved,” he said.
Source: www.biztechafrica.com
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