Telcos get reprieve from fraudulent foreign calls

 A woman makes a call on her mobile phone. PHOTO | CYRIL NDEGEYA | NMG

A tribunal has upheld the ban on secret international calls disguised as local conversations, sealing a loophole that was used by niche telecommunications service providers to avoid paying higher tariffs.

The Communications And Multimedia Appeals Tribunal ruled that the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) was right in its 2018 decision to ban the practice technically known as SIM boxing.

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