Some 1,263,586 SIM cards have been linked to Ghana Cards in the ongoing SIM re-registration process as at October 7, 2021, says the National Communications Authority (NCA).
This figure represents the number of people who have linked their SIM cards to Ghana card in the first week of the exercise.
The number falls short of the over 41.8 million active SIM cards captured in August 2021, according to the Mobile Cellular Subscription Report of the NCA.
Meanwhile, the National Identification Authority has also reported that over 15 million Ghanaians now own Ghana Cards.
At this pace, for the next 26 weeks, ending March 31, 2022, some over 32.85 million SIM cards would have been linked to Ghana Cards.
The NCA in collaboration with the telcos, have put measures in place to expedite the process to ensure that by the close of the exercise in March 31, 2022 all active SIM cards would have been captured to avoid the deactivation.
Part of the measures include the drafting of the over 338,000 agents of the telcos across the country, to do the registration at the local level, so that SIM holders would not have to travel to the customer service shops of the telcos to register.
SIM holders are required to dial *404# on their handsets and follow the prompts to link their SIMs to their Ghana Card, then they follow up to their respective service provider to complete the registration process.
Meanwhile, the 41,486,196 voice subscriptions recorded in August 2021 represent 132.03 per cent penetration against a population of 31,358,190.
Out of the total, market leader MTN holds 23,449,452, representing almost 57 per cent market share. Vodafone recorded 9,413,261 subscription, which represents some 22.86 per cent market share. AirtelTigo now holds 7,461,031 representing 18.12 per cent and Glo still trails with 845,326, which is 1.09 per cent market share.
By Vincent Kubi