Three months before the fake phone is extinguished, changing customer Wahaha

DECEMBER 18, last year the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) announced it would shut all calls zitakazobainika be fake after the first six months of this year, ie January to June.

For that left about three months from now to reach the authorities in June where all calls artificial itazizima and its owners will not have Internet access.

The fact is that the world now is communication with each other likes to be 'on air' in contact with siblings, relatives and friends all the time.

That is why the use of mobile phones have grown rapidly in recent years around the world.

Mwaikyusa Mussa, a resident of Dar es Salaam, says he was forced to buy a mobile phone to help him simplify its business plans.

"I live here but I am from Dar es Salaam to Mbeya I came here for the purpose of conducting business and my family lies in Mbeya, do I wish to offload cargo in and come here especially bananas and potatoes.

"Often I use my mobile phone to communicate with my family as well as to inform waniandalie another burden when I approached the finish that I have," he said.

Mwaikyusa says he bought his phone that type of Samsung in one shop here in Dar es Salaam for Sh 80,000.

"It has good communication but I have heard that TCRA itazizima arrives in June and I have tried to ask if they say to know whether it is real or fake I realized that it's fake," he said sadly Mwaikyusa.

Mwaikyusa right now is in the process of buying a new phone and insists that before he left the shop will kalonunulia will enter the numbers provided by TCRA, whether by itself is real or not.

Mary Kazaula says he had to buy the phone for Sh 20,000 in one store in Kariakoo where he was given time to examine two weeks.

"Three years ago I bought it and went to my house even before two weeks expired i was wondering is off suddenly had to niirudishe but they did not receive, I regret that I lost Sh 20,000 me and I had to go buy another one that I have remained with it until now and I enter these numbers TCRA imeniambia that it is real," he said.

The fact is that Kariakoo market is a popular area where many businesses are selling phones of all types for different prices.

And for many years the business has been sold handsets that matches the actual number and different types regardless terms of quality of the materials.

Due to the counterfeit goods have tax zinakwepa Tanzania has been losing a significant amount of revenue from sales and even the value-added tax (VAT) and other taxes as well as with other government levies.

According to some reports, full of fake phones on the market unofficial constitute roughly ten percent of worldwide sales and the rate may rise. Phone fakes are harmful to consumers and even loved ones.

Similarly, other effects include damage to the network with the products possess poor.



 Tigo yapewa responsibility of raising

To ensure that education reaches positively to society TCRA has decided to give the role a mobile phone network Tigo digital life.

Referring stage Tigo special offer for its customers Head of Department of mobile equipment to the company, David Zakaria has warned customers about the structure and trademarks are used to trick the actual product before buying customers.

"To the client can understand if their phone is fake or real should dial * # 06 # which will receive the number of identity International Audio Phone (IMEI) which can also be sent as a text message (SMS) to the number 15090 To secure answer as the mobile phone is real or nifeki, "says Zakaria.

According to Chief Public Relations of TCRA, Innocent Mungy considered for such action is in accordance with the Communications Act and the Code which enables the Authority to manage telecommunications in activities related to crime control been re-aligned where cell phones have been swindled into the country.

"For four years we have been since we organized together with the existing phone company in order to pursue this matter. The need to shut the fake phone goes far beyond the need for the country to overcome and eradicate counterfeiting and organized crime. Instead it focuses on the health and quality and widespread for these products, "he said.

He says identity IMEI means you have every mobile phone has a number of their dedication of identity so that if the number is defined to be a fake or stolen, the number IMEI will move to log the Central Identification Devices (CEIR), which has the responsibility to make the relevant device should not be used on the Internet any world.

"Some of these handsets that are fake zijakidhi radiation levels set by the World Health Organization (WHO). Similarly, the existence of a unique IMEI number there to call it enables the client to withhold lost act which prohibits its use anywhere in the world, "he said.

TCRA says that would ensure the CIER has closed, off and control percolated for fake phones, stolen phones can be closed and they will not be used again.

Mungy clarifies CEIR is Central Registry Identification of the material that is stored for identification International mobile equipment (IMEI) and phone numbers all other closed locally.

"When a cell phone inapoelezwa that are counterfeit or stolen IMEI number of the log that is going to directly and immediately CEIR phone is locked or the device prevented reused worldwide. Thus kinapotambulika device if it is fake or stolen internationally recognized are whole numbers, "says Mungy.

He says in 2012 about the citizens of Kenya were affected 1.5 million from the exercise of sealed fake phone driven by the Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) in the destruction of.

"For that Tanzanians should take immediate action to abandon their fake phone before that day comes," he urged.