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October 02, 2012
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) said on Monday (October 1st) that 1.89 million mobile telephones have been shut off so far in a crackdown on the use of counterfeit devices, Kenya's The Star reported.
CCK said that by 4 pm on Monday, Safaricom had switched off 754,269 phones, Airtel 588,831, Orange 72,000 and yuMobile 470,000 phones.
Service providers have clarified that only the devices, and not the SIM cards, have been shut off. "Once you get a genuine device, you are back in communication," said yuMobile country manager Madhur Taneja.
Line closures continued into Monday evening with some providers saying it will take up to seven days to disconnect all counterfeit phones, according to Business Daily Africa.
The CCK initially ordered the cessation of service to counterfeit handsets one year ago, and implementation was postponed four times before it eventually settled on Sunday.
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de gvt should have stopped de importation of these gadgets in de first place.Are these people being compensated.
Communication Commission Kenya Bravo!!! Come to Uganda, we have the most fake mobile phone on this Planet, because the Government values the Revenue Collections.