1 million mobile users face service loss

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Etisalat telecommunication company has warned that nearly one million mobile phone users could lose service unless their re-register their SIM cards before the end of the first deadline on October 16.
The company, one of the largest telecom firms in the Middle East, said only around 500,000 subscribers had completed registration of their cards although it had sent alerts for registration to 1.5 million mobile phone users.
In a statement carried by Emirat Alyoum Arabic language daily, Etisalat said it would disconnect services for defaulters for three months, adding that they would be allowed only to receive phone calls.
“If they still fail to register after the deadline, their mobile phone service will be permanently disconnected,” the paper said, quoting Hassan Al Abdouli, chief executive for marketing at Etisalat.