SIM Card Circulation Exceeds Population

The development of the mobile telecommunications industry in indonesia has been felt by 97 percent of 240 million indonesia's population. Based on data from Indonesia Cellular Telecommunications Association (ATSI), the number of subscriber identity module (SIM) cards circulating in the community even more than the total population.


"This is a positive aspect to the role of mobile operators, particularly the complete communications of various segments of society," said Chairman of ATSI, Sarwoto Atmosutarno, told Reuters at the Hotel Indonesia Kempinsky.


The main cause of growth in sales of SIM card is not only the  mobile phone sales, but also other electronic devices. For example, consumers who use mobile Internet access such as tablets and cellular modems.

But, Sarwoto regretted that there is a lot of negative effects arising from the ease of obtaining a SIM card in Indonesia. Which were related to cases of fraud and withdrawal pulses via short messages (SMS) premium.

The man who also Telkomsel's chairman said that each operator has its own way to restore the victim's credit. "Each one uses a call center, then checks and automatically returned the customers pulses," he said.

(as seen on yahoo.com) 

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