Flashermac Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Many millions of SIM card holders have yet to register and risk losing them when the deadline to do so passes in four months. Telecom regulators have announced that anyone can check whether their card is already registered by simply dialing *151# and awaiting a confirmation by SMS. The reply will be in English or Thai depending on your service provider's records. Only about six million of 90 million prepaid SIM cards have been registered, according to the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission, which is turning up the pressure for users to register by July 31 or lose their service. After July 31, unregistered cards will be locked and unusable except for receiving calls. Unregistered users can take their phone and card to one of their service provider's locations or service counters at various retail locations such as Big C, Tesco Lotus and 7-Eleven stores. The registration service is free, and anyone who is charged should report it via the commission's hotline at 1200. http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2015/03/10/check-your-sim-cards-registration-do-or-die-deadline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasathai1 Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 sounds like a good plan to invalidate a lot of sim cards and sell new ones ( and keep the money without giving talk time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted March 10, 2015 Report Share Posted March 10, 2015 Didn't we go thru this 10+ years ago? I did the *151# and got a reply in Thai and then some junk advertising SMS...WTF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 I did the *151# and got a reply in Thai and then some junk advertising SMS...WTF So obviously you are not registered if you were it would be against their records that you wished to receive texts in English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 I got a message (in Thai) telling me that I was already registered. But I don't remember anything about being asked what language I wanted messages in. I did so maybe 12 years ago though. For a while I was getting bilingual messages - first Thai, followed by English. Lately, everything I get from True is in Thai only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 So obviously you are not registered if you were it would be against their records that you wished to receive texts in English. Wrong...a Thai person registered me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YimSiam Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 I would prefer not to. YimSiam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specialist Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 OK, so what about new SIM cards purchased after the deadline? I'm one of those guys who is only here every six months or so, who has to buy a new SIM every trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YimSiam Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 Buying a new SIM every six months is highly recommend by me, though I rarely follow the practice... How much time have I wasted on girls in my phone, when I should have been blindly stumbling towards new and fresh faces with potential for new and fresh good times... I should just throw away the SIMs I have, and go back to the newbie status on the street, like I enjoy on my 360 profile. But someone should answer Specialist's question - will we have to register new SIMs at purchase from now on? I actually think my "I prefer not to" approach is going to work, anyway. Remember back around 2003 or 04, when there were some mobile-activated IEDs down south, this requirement was also instituted - on paper, I think. YimSiam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekong Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 Pre paid is for tourists and immigrants us expats are post paid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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