New laws on mobile & CDMA phones
14/7/2008
[Lanka Dissent]
New laws imposed by the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) demand that mobile and fixed CDMA phones can only be kept with their rightful owners.

Accordingly, if a person possesses a mobile or CDMA phone that is registered under another’s name, he should transfer the ownership to his own name.

The TRC says that new facilities are introduced for this purpose.

In addition, new services allow a transfer of a phone connection ownership to that of obtaining a new connection.

Noting that all phone service institutions are informed to produce details of mobile and CDMA users, Director General of the TRC, Priyantha Kariyapperuma said that they would probe into the matter soon after receiving the details.

He added that any underage person or a student who is using a mobile phone also requires the possession of a letter from a parent or guardian, clarifying that the bearer was given a mobile for his use.

Noting that the implementation of this new law is not aimed at collecting personal details of mobile and CDMA users, Mr. Kariyapperuma said that due to concerns on National Security, the objectives of the new law is to identify true owners of phones and to stop people using others’ phones.



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This looks like another way to get the mobile phone taxes on the way...pretty sneaky i must say...anyway life gets harder by another notch...
whats the deal with CDMA phones? we bought the dam things not because they were trendy or pretty looking but because of the mere fact that they could be taken form one place to the other, acting like a land phone. But with the new regulations CDMA phones should be stationary.
Either the phone companies must compensate the money back or the government should, or we have to bear the injustice of the nation yet again. Sri Lanka DOES suck...BIG TIME.