Owners who register their SIM may enjoy the following benefits:

• Getting your phone number back easily: if you lose your phone or have it stolen, you can have a new chip with the same number easily since that number has been registered in your name. The information that you provide to your network operator during the registration period is enough proof of the fact that you own that number.
• Getting your phone back (that is when the Police is able to retrieve it after it was stolen or reported missing): if you lose your phone or have it stolen, you have a better chance of getting it back because your contact details can be found on a database with your operator.
• Getting your own back: If all prepaid mobile phone users can be identified, you provide the Police with an excellent starting point for investigating suspected incidents of mobile phone theft and crimes involving mobile phones.