Mobile network operators plan to hold a meeting with officials from the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) to discuss its decision of phasing out sales of phone lines and sim cards through distributors by March, Al Borsa reports. The decision, taken to guarantee know your customer data is properly logged, has thrown off the industry, which is scrambling to come up with alternative solutions to adapt to the new regulations. Among the most popular proposals being shopped are setting up franchises with some of the largest traders, a move opposed by telecom distributor unions for fear of marginalizing smaller traders, the newspaper reports.

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