The zone of pirates

Phenomenon Sim to Sim, recently has found a home in the virtual mobile operator Z Mobile. Exactly when the two phone operators - Vala and Ipko were tryin to fight and minimize this phenomenon. Operator Z Mobile, is seriously threatening the revenues of these operators with the development of this hacking. To fight this phenomenon, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has achieved the first paperwork against Sim to Sim. Specifically against the Z Mobile operator.

Vala earlier has sold Z Mobile numbers begining with 5 and 6 with the prefix 045. And recently, all registered numbers Sim to Sim, are with these two numbers. Vala has announced that so far has found over 1 thousand 800 numbers Sim to Sim numbers starting with 5 and 6. This phenomenon, made them worried and they have requested assistance.

Director of Post and Telecom of Kosovo, Shyqyri Haxha, remained in series with the latest developments with the phenomenon Sim to sim.

"We are concerned with the phenomenon recently appeared Sim to Sim, that is growing fast," said director Haxha. For this, he said, also have launched an initiative to fight this phenomenon. Haxha stated that the number of cards that have been misused are about 1 800 hundred. All these numbers, according to him, start with the prefix 045 and start with number 5 and 6.

"The increase of the phenomenon Sim Sim to us comes from numbers Z Mobile, which has divided our company earlier.

Even Branko Babic, the director of IPKO, expressed his revolt to this serious problem. He stated that the problem encountered IPKO Sim to Sim in the past, but thanks to the hard work, this phenomenon has dropped to extremely low dimensions.

Therefore, strictly, says he will not tolerate any operator to become the cause of the collapse of the company's revenue due to this phenomenon.

"We have noticed that a large number of calls coming from outside of Kosovo, achieved through the MVNO` s Z Mobile, and they will also contact the TRA, which will seek to take action," said Babic. He requires that all market participants to be responsible in their work.

"On the other hand, we shall block all suspicious numbers through which realized Sim to Sim". Stated that they have blocked their numbers and would not hesitate to block and take similar measures against all other operators. In collaboration with Vala telephony, he added, they had fight the phenomenon Sim Sim and has produced results.

"We have already begun to take concrete measures to block those numbers," says Babic.

TRA's Chief Ekrem Hoxha, had already received the first document to take measures against this virtual operator. He says they have begun to deal intensively with this work.

"We have taken the first papers on this phenomenon and the damage that is created. The operator has made a request for assistance in this phenomenon, which is held by some operators," he said.

"Therefore, we are creating a legal infrastructure and i believe that very soon this shall help operators to fight this phenomenon. TRA, through a working group, is working on creating a strategy to fight the phenomenon Sim to Sim. Sim to sim phenomenon has become a serious enemy of mobile phone companies in the country. This phenomenon last year has hit hard PTK raising his losses to 16 million Euros.

Sim to Sim, illegal communication

SIM to SIM system enables telephone communications in a manner that international telephone network between the two states fully replaced by communication through illegal networks.

Source:gazetaexpress.com/24.02.2010