MTN Uganda has finally put together an application to support the online registration of simcards. However the process as outlined in the Dignited article (http://www.dignited.com/15503/you-can-now-register-your-mtn-uganda-sim-card-online-heres-how/) requires a user to download a registration form, upload it then wait until MTN staff can get back on the registration status.
This blog post provides an alternate design and approach for an online sim-card registration tool, thanks to the team at Styx Technology Group for putting the design and mockups for the alternate solution.
The principles of the system design are as follows:
- A user can register more than one sim-card under their own names only after completing their profile information, which cannot be changed later (for audibility)
- A user can return and check their registration information later
- MTN staff can respond to a registration pointing out any missing or inaccurate information
- The user can be notified by SMS and/or email of the status of their registration, and can also login to check the status
- The registrations can also be downloaded and added to MTN systems (as may be required)
- For identification, two documents have to be provided to confirm, and because the numbers are entered, it is easy for MTN staff to verify
The mockups below tell the story of how an alternate process looks like licensed under the Creative Commons 3
Login Screen
Signup Screen
Dashboard
My Profile
Register Number
UPDATE – November 19, 2015: Looks like MTN updated the sim card registration process to an online form at https://www.mtnbusiness.co.ug/mtnreg/ in response to this post
Stephen Musoke Senkomago 
Posted by malisa.ncube on November 16, 2015 at 23:15
Not Bad. These are my ideas
1) The PIN should not be associated with this. A password make more sense. Just a phone number would be better, and would simply send a verification code which is a OTP that can be entered into the system.
2) I’d want to see the “Verify Phone number” button for each phone number 🙂
3) The Dashboard screen seems confusing. The title does not seem to support the purpose.
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Posted by ssmusoke on November 17, 2015 at 08:14
Malisa,
1. How else would you suggest on the dashboard?
2. I used PIN, since MTN as a telco seems to use them alot for Mobile Money and the like. I like the OTP but using it for every login would be overkill, knowing that there is no guarantee that SMS messages are delivered.
3. I like the verify Phone Number, approach which means that the registrar must have some form of access for the phone number. An additional check would be you cannot register a phone that has already been registered.
Stephen
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Posted by Malisa Ncube on November 17, 2015 at 11:36
Malisa,
1. Dashboard dos not capture the true meaning of what a dashboard does. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashboard_(management_information_systems)
2. OTP is better than PIN. Secure.
-m
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Posted by Alex Rukundo on November 17, 2015 at 14:51
Very interesting; something I suppose you could’ve shared with the team at MTN as a prioprietary tool.
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Posted by ssmusoke on November 17, 2015 at 14:56
Alex indeed I could have, chose to share it publicly with the aim of raising the bar for online solutions provided by large companies and parastatal.
I am a big fan of open source software, sharing design and architecture ideas to improve the customer experience.
Such a service is what UCC should have put in place with the telcos on day 1 of simcard registration
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Posted by muhindo brean on December 19, 2015 at 19:13
welldone.am filling the form,but the id photocopy has Totally failled to be uploaded! Help me dear. am registering my familly members’ simcards.Atleast dear send them anotification before we upload their photos.Help me!
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Posted by muhindo brean on December 27, 2015 at 15:41
thanks,ihave started to upload my photoz
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Posted by muhindo brean on December 19, 2015 at 19:24
forsure uploading an id photocopy is becoming aproblem to me.My dear what should i do? can’t anotification be send even before uploading aphoto?
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Posted by muhindo brean on December 19, 2015 at 19:30
how can i upload an id photocopy?
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Posted by muhindo brean on December 19, 2015 at 20:11
uploading aphoto is becoming aproblem.
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Posted by muhindo brean on December 20, 2015 at 06:20
Iwould like to talk to you mr. STEPHEN.An id photocopy has totaly failed to be uploaded.
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Posted by muhindo brean on December 27, 2015 at 16:07
the issue was solved thanks
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Posted by Muhindo brean on December 27, 2015 at 15:57
the problem has been settled .Thanks but there is still adelay in sending confirmation messages especially since 24/12/2015 nothing like aconfirmation message has been send! again help us my dear.
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Posted by Kwabi Enoch on July 12, 2017 at 13:38
Please how can register my MTN sim online. I need procedure
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Posted by Thembani nuse on March 5, 2018 at 21:45
My sim card is not working but idid Rica it my number I 0837432148
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