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        "id": 1877742,
        "msgid": "kemkomdigi-proposes-reduced-biometric-verification-fees-for-sim-card-registration-1784818516",
        "date": "2026-07-23 21:15:51",
        "title": "Kemkomdigi Proposes Reduced Biometric Verification Fees for SIM Card Registration",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Technology",
        "summary": "The Ministry of Communication and Digital has formally requested the Ministry of Home Affairs to lower the biometric verification fees charged to mobile operators during SIM card registration. The initiative aims to ensure public security while easing the financial burden on operators, with a proposed fee range between Rp200 and Rp600 currently under discussion.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Communication and Digital\n(Kemkomdigi) has written to the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) to\npropose a reduction in the biometric data verification fee charged to\nmobile operators for each SIM card registration.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Communication and Digital Meutya Hafid said her ministry\nis seeking a reduction in the biometric verification fee because the\nimplementation of mobile number registration using biometric\nverification is intended to guarantee public security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have already written to the Ministry of Home Affairs requesting a\nfee reduction. Ultimately, this policy aims to provide security for the\npublic,\u201d said Meutya after attending the Joint Commitment Declaration on\nthe Full Implementation of Biometric Data-Based Customer Registration\nevent in Jakarta on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Meutya said the proposal for reduced biometric verification fees is\nstill under discussion. She encouraged cooperation between Kemkomdigi\nand mobile operators in submitting the request to the relevant\nagencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope the government and mobile operators can jointly submit the\nrequest for relief to the relevant agencies outside Komdigi, while we\ncontinue to coordinate,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Marwan said the proposal regarding biometric verification fees is\nstill being discussed with the Ministry of Home Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are actually proposing Rp200 versus Rp600, and we hope this will\nbe accepted by Dukcapil (the Directorate General of Population and Civil\nRegistration of the Ministry of Home Affairs),\u201d said Marwan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe shall see how the discussion goes, because we are still in talks\nwith Dukcapil,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/kemkomdigi-proposes-reduced-biometric-verification-fees-for-sim-card-registration-1784818516",
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