Finserve Africa, a subsidiary of Equity Bank, has received an approval from the Communications Authority of Kenya and the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) to roll-out its services using the thin SIM technology for a one-year trial period.
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This follows contention by mobile service provider, Safaricom, over the use of the technology in the Kenyan market, citing possible security flaws.
Ngene Gituku, chairman of the Communications Authority of Kenya, said that the authority, jointly with CBK, had reviewed Safaricom’s complaints arriving at the conclusion that the technology is safe for use in the country.
During the trial period, the authority will appoint a reputed firm to conduct a security audit on all SIM cards, and the use of the thin SIM in mobile transfer services and recommend a framework for regulating the use of SIM cards in Kenya.
Gituku added that only Taisys SIMoME’s thin SIM will operate in the Kenyan market during the trial period.
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By GlobalData"Should any vulnerability occur from the use of Taisys thin SIM card within this one year testing period, then operations of the SIM card in the Kenyan market will cease forthwith pending the final recommendations from the security report," said by the authority in a statement.
