Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Mobile operators will begin from Saturday deactivating additional SIM cards registered under a single national ID (NID) if the number exceeds 10, as per a directive from the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).

In a recent notice, the regulator said that any excess SIMs will be automatically deactivated from November.

Users who fail to deactivate extra SIMs themselves risk losing access to randomly selected, possibly important numbers.

Earlier, on July 30, BTRC announced that no individual will be allowed to hold more than 10 active SIMs under one NID, reducing the previous limit of 15. Subscribers can deregister extra SIMs through their respective mobile operators' customer care services.

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