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From 6 July 2006, a graphic version of the current edition is available at the Daily News Online web site.

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Speaking at a press conference in Gaborone this week, Mr Pheko said all public telecommunications operators, which are Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC), Mascom Wireless and Orange Botswana have been consulted on the registration issue.

He added that the three companies have been given a two months grace period to put in place all the necessary mechanisms and processes to register their customers SIM cards.

Mr Pheko said the registration process was expected to take 17 months and will be completed on the last day of 2009, adding that unregistered cards will be taken off-air in the beginning of 2010.

He said people would be allowed to register any number of SIM cards they want, including those they were given for free.

Mr Pheko said the registration exercise has been necessitated by the need to detect and prevent serious crime as well as to help to identify the ownership of a phone and SIM card when the need arises.

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