Papua New Guinea, Jan. 21 -- By Amanda Watson

No phone calls and no text messages could be the future for Papua New Guineans who haven't registered their SIM cards, while telcos could receive fines.

Will they get a second chance? Amanda Watson explores.

Last month, the Supreme Court of PNG declined to answer questions asked of it regarding the SIM card registration regulation of 2016. The direct impact of this court hearing is that unregistered SIM cards currently in use in mobile phones around the country will likely be deactivated.

A recent news article suggested that 40 per cent of SIM cards in use are unregistered. Unless the regulator, the National Information and Communications Technology Authority (NICTA), grants the users of t...