4 interesting things before the card is blocked
yesterday April 30, 2018 is the last day for prepaid registration. Apart from this date, a non-registration prepaid user card will be totally blocked.
In its appeal, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said the total blocking of telecommunication services includes outgoing call and SMS service, incoming calls and SMS as well as internet data. As such, the pre-paid prepaid card as of April 30 will be dead.
But users do not panic, there is still a chance to revive the total blocked card. Condition, prepaid card users still have active period. Usually prepaid cards have one month grace period and last month for the card's active period. Through the active period, the prepaid card will be totally dead.
Here are some important things with the end of the prepaid registration period and the start of the total block:
Do not Worry, Total Block Can Still Register Prepaid
Coming to Total Block, Registration Rules Unchanged
- Total block can still register
PPI Director General of Communications and Informatics Ministry Ahmad Ramli said that cellular subscribers whose prepaid cards are totally blocked will still be able to register after May 1, 2018, via SMS to 4444, call to call center operators, USSD menus and other registration lines. Registration after May 1, can be done with the record of the active period of prepaid cards has not been exhausted.
- Operator must block total
Kominfo ordered mobile telecommunication operators to block service as of May 1, 2018 for prepaid subscription numbers.
- Gave quality customers
Unpaid prepaid card pre-paid blocks have a positive side. President Director of XL Axiata, Dian Siswarini, said that one side of the company has decreased the number of customers due to the blocking. But on the other hand, the operator gets a certain active customer, so it is considered as a qualified user.
Qualified customers in this context is the attitude of users who value the mobile cards they use.
Pre-paid mobile subscriber registration.
The total block impact for operators is not a direct occurrence. At least, Dian said, it takes six months to a year ahead to see the positive effect of quality customers.
- Card once exhausted
Cleaning up unregistered prepaid cards as of April 30, 2018 will also give birth to a new practice, which is the history of the practice of prepaid cards once dispose of.
Since prepaid cards are already on behalf of the user directly, the user is predicted to rethink to discard the card they bought.
Dian believes, the user who survives with the number he bought then the customer means have a large pulse consumption. This will provide efficiency.