Mobile operators directed to obtain SIMBOX detection tool

875 views · Published 8 January 2016 · 2:47 · Indexed 31 October 2026

Channel: KBC Channel 1 · 2016 · News & Politics

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Mobile phone service providers are now required to procure a SIMBOX detection tool capable of identifying illegally routed international calls as local calls. CA Director General Francis Wangusi directed providers to disconnect any SIM cards used for SIM boxing activities. Cases of sim box fraud are on the rise after police yesterday raided an illegal sim box communication system in Lavington which led to the arrest of one person just a month a similar system was seized at 680 Hotel.By Nicholas Nduati.
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