And the National Information and Communication Technology Authority is standing on this, unless there are changes made by the mandated authority.
This was clarified by Kila Gulo-Vui, the Director, Economic, Consumer and International Affair, in a brief phone interview with Loop PNG.
He said NICTA recognises a few challenges, including the form of identification for mobile network users, especially in rural PNG.
But NICTA applauds the work by the network providers in trying to get most of its users registered.