BANGKOK, 28 June 2014 (NNT) – The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is urging users of pre-paid mobile phone services to register their sim cards through a new smart phone application to prevent their phone numbers from being used to commit a crime.

NBTC Secretary-General Thakon Tanthasit said that there are about 90 million mobile phone numbers of the pre-paid type, but most of the owners haven’t registered their numbers.

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