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Registering A Sim Card
All mobile phone users (both visitors and residents) are required to re-register their mobile numbers by providing their service provider with up-to-date ID details; this came into effect in 2012 when the UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority launched the My Number, My Identity campaign.
This is to ensure that your personal profile and details are up-to-date, and that the operator has all valid ID information, thus preventing identity theft and misuse.
Re-registering your mobile number is mandatory and failure to
do so will result in disconnection of those mobile numbers. You
will be notified by SMS or by automatic call if and when you need to re-register your number. You will be required to re-register your SIM card every time your residence visa or Resident ID expires.
Prerequisites
- Existing mobile phone and SIM card
- Legal age for mobile SIM card registration (pre-paid) is 18 years
- Legal age for mobile SIM card registration (post-paid) is 21 years
What you need
- Resident ID card (original) or passport with either residence or visit visa
Procedure
Etisalat
- Re-register online at e4me.ae
OR
- Visit any Etisalat service centre or in-store My Number, My ID card reader portal
- Fill in the application form
- Provide your proof of ID
du
- Re-register at the card reader portal at any du service centre or authorised partner (LuLu, EMAX, Jacky’s etc)
- Register your pre-paid number to receive one free hour of talk time to use for national and international calls
- If using the card reader you will need your Resident ID and PIN; send the message PIN to 6664 to get this
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