Batelco to implement new sim-card registration rulesBatelco, Bahrain’s leading digital solutions provider, will implement new registration rules for applying for postpaid and prepaid mobile services from July 12. The Bahrain Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has introdu More… |
VIVA Bahrain to implement fingerprint registrationVIVA Bahrain, a leading telecom operator in the kingdom, will start validating the identity of its customers in compliance with the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority’s regulation. The regulation, entitled “Sim-Ca More… |
Eazy to launch fingerprint enabled payment in BahrainEazy Financial Services will introduce the region’s first biometric-enabled payment network powered by NCR Corporation, a global leader in omni-channel solutions, in Bahrain. NCR will support Eazy t More… |
Mobily urges customers to register fingerprintEtihad Etisalat (Mobily) has invited all customers to register their fingerprint for Voice Postpaid, Prepaid and Data Sims Cards before the deadline specified by CITC by July to avoid service suspension as per CITC. Subscrib More… |
Mobily urges customers to document fingerprintsEtihad Etisalat (Mobily), a top telecom provider in Saudi Arabia has invited its current customers to document their fingerprint for Voice Postpaid, Prepaid and Data Sims Cards before the deadline specified by CITC. The fingerprin More… |
Mobily offers 3GB free for fingerprint registerationLeading Saudi-based telecom operator Mobily has launched a new scheme under which all its subscribers will get 3GB free after registering their fingerprint for data SIM cards. The offer comes from Bayanat Al Oula, a subsidiary com More… |
Mobily urges customers to update fingerprint dataSaudi-based telecom services operator Mobily has called upon all prepaid customers to update their fingerprint records at its various branches in the kingdom. The move is in line with the directives of Communications and Informati More… |
US 'visa waiver' travellers to be fingerprintedTravellers to the United States from "visa waiver" nations would have to provide fingerprints and photos under a US Senate bill to intensify scrutiny of foreigners, one of several border-tightening measures offered since the Paris atta More… |
New bid to curb SIM cards fraud in BahrainFingerprint scans could soon be used to register mobile phone SIM cards in Bahrain as part of efforts to curb fraud and misuse. Such so-called ‘biometric scans’, which can also include iris recognition, palm print scan More… |
PayPal, Samsung enable biometric mobile paymentPayPal and Samsung have announced a collaboration that will make Samsung Galaxy S5 users the first to be able to login and shop at any merchant that accepts PayPal on mobile and in-stores with only their fingerprint. The new secur More… |