Mexico may cut millions of cellphones to fight crime

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6375DT20100409

In an effort to cut crime the Mexican government has decided to disconnect millions of cellphones that remain unregistered. Mexican citizens were told through government advertisements that they had to register their phones to match to their identities. Although millions of people have not registered and the government is not increasing the deadline Mexican mobile phone companies are trying to convince law makers to increase the deadline so that more people can have the opportunity to register their phones. Some people claim that criminals can simply register their phone with another persons identity but telecommunications worker, Hector Osuna, said in a radio interview that authorities will be checking the legitimacy of the identity registered with the phone.