#3
Hej Werner,
I Thailand kører de på hele "registeret". Ikke noget problem ned dit dansk mbl. tlf.
HUSK lige at afmelde dit ROAMING (telefonsvarer) hos dit selskab i DK, ellers vil du lige som jeg få en opkrævning for roaming hvis nogle prøver at ringe til dig imens du er i Thailand. Du kommer til at betale 2X udelandske takst, idet du betaler for samtalen fra den danske grænse og da fx. din tlf. er slukket , betaler du også for videresendelsen af samtalen til tlf.svareren i DK.
Jeg gjørde den fejltagelse at benytte min
SONOFON SIMkort til en samtale og en SMS i Thailand.
DEREFTER fjernede kortet dagen efter og indsatte en
Thai taletidskort i .
STORT var min forbavselse at se,at på min næste regning vil jeg blive opkrævet 145kr i Roaming afgift, selv om kortet var fjernet fra telefonen, og jeg fik den forklaring fra SONOFON at nogen i DK har prøvet at kontakte mig i DK, og da "systemet" havde registreret at tlf. var sidste brugte i Thailand, vil den blive med at "reroute" samtaler først dertil for så tilbage til DK til SONOMEMO, indtil den registrerer at tlf. er i DK igen.
Så igen HUSK at afmelde Roaming servicen eller fjerne den dansk SIM kort allerede i Kastrup lufhavn.
M.v.h. M. Rasmussen
#4
Et gammelt indlaeg der var havnet det forkerte sted.
IDs to be mandatory for SIM cards
Bid to end bombings triggered by mobiles
BANGKOK: -- The government will make it mandatory for people to produce either national ID cards or passports when buying SIM cards for prepaid mobile phones in its latest effort to nail separatist bombers in the South.
In addition, all existing 21.5 million prepaid Thai and foreign mobile phone system users in Thailand will have to report their citizenship identification or passport numbers to their respective phone operators within six months.
Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said the Information Communication Technology Ministry (ICT) had consulted with the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) on tightening regulations on SIM cards in prepaid mobile phones that were often used by insurgents to remotely detonate bombs.
The measures were agreed on at a meeting yesterday hosted by the ICT. Joining the session were national security agencies, the Royal Thai Police Office, the NTC, TOT Corporation, CAT Telecom, Thai Mobile, the Telecommunications Association of Thailand, True Corporation and all private mobile phone operators.
Previously, prepaid phone users were not asked for their ID when they wanted SIM cards. They simply visited the nearest convenience store to buy one, no questions asked. Easy availability has seen SIM cards fall into the wrong hands. Separatist militants have bought SIM cards for phones used to set off bombs.
The government warned that phone services would be cancelled if users failed to meet the SIM card registration deadline.
The government decided on the ID measures so authorities could easily trace SIM card users. Current users will need to contact their network operators to provide ID information.
Mr Thaksin cautioned, however, that traceability must not undermine SIM card sales and customer privacy.
``For example, customers only have to produce the 13-digit serial number on their cards and nothing else. The data will be called up by computer to let the authorities know who bought the SIM card,'' he said.
Mr Thaksin said the government needed to locate bombers swiftly. He made it clear the regulation would serve only security purposes.
Kanawat Wasingsungworn, assistant to the ICT minister, said the SIM card database was designed to counter terrorism in the South. The government would seek cooperation from mobile phone service providers to institute the mandatory registration. Companies might consider airtime giveaways as an incentive.
Mr Kanawat said checking foreign-origin SIM cards brought into the country would not be difficult as roaming numbers could track masterminds in the event of separatist attacks.
TOT and CAT engineers would assist in background checks.
CAT Telecom said operators would like a law enacted to allow the deactivation of customers' mobile phones without infringing upon consumer rights.
The prime minister said the controls would apply nationwide rather than in specific locations to prevent potential saboteurs from buying cards elsewhere to launch attacks in separatist hotspots.
Deputy Prime Minister Chidchai Wannasathit said the regulation would be proposed in writing for Mr Thaksin to look at before it went into effect.
In practice, he said, SIM card buyers would most likely have to produce at least a photocopy of their national ID card for proper registration.
Submission of citizenship information would complement measures already in place to cut off phone signals at bomb sites to prevent secondary blasts.
Pol Gen Chidchai said the regulation would be one of many being drawn up to end the cycle of violence in the deep South. ``There will also be technical measures. This is only one piece of the puzzle,'' he said.
DTAC chief executive Vichai Bencha-rongkul said registration may inconvenience subscribers but his company was ready to cooperate. There would be no limit on how many SIM cards customers could buy.
Bangkok Senator Seri Suwannapanont was sceptical the controls would put an end to bomb attacks since copies of ID cards could be easily forged.
--Bangkok Post 2005-04-19
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