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Italy, Namibia and Mauritania are among the countries implementing SIM card activation via digital ID – and Italy has now reached the phase where its telecommunications regulator, AGCOM, has greenlit the practice.
A statement from AGCOM said that mobile operators are free to activate SIMs with either the electronic ID card (CIE), the national services charter (ID), known as CNS, or the SPID, the Public Digital ID System.
Namibia and Mauritania, meanwhile, are said to be facing quite a few difficulties in their race to meet deadlines.
Back in Italy, the local press is reporting that the approval for this method of SIM card registration stems from decisions made during a meeting of the Commission on Infrastructure and Networks, and an earlier resolution brought by the regulator…
