The government will be moving for cellphone or mobile handset registration across the country for what is said “foolproof security” measures. “Proper registration of SIM cards (Subscriber Identity Module) gives us half the security,” said State Minister for Post and Telecommunications Tarana Halim. “Handset registration will give us foolproof security,” she told a roundtable discussion focused on the role of mobile devices in national security today. The move is coming after the government carried out re-registration process f...

State Minister for Post and Telecommunication Department Tarana Halim, MP had visited Robi Sheba center at Gulshan 1 area today to assess Robi’s readiness in support of the government led initiative of introducing bio-metric SIM registration. Hon’ble State Minister was accompanied by BTRC Chairman Dr. Shahjahan Mahmood, BTRC Vice Chairman Brig. Gen. Ahsan Habib Khan, Retd and BTRC’s Director General for System and Services Division Brig. Gen. Md. Emdad ul Bari, ndc, psc, tc. Robi officials had briefed the Hon’ble State Minister and the BTRC high officials about ...