'Anonymous calling the ban'

- The German government wants to ban the anonymous purchase of prepaid SIM cards in the fight against terrorism. At present, consumers like to buy in the Netherlands, prepaid SIM cards without having to show identification and register their details.

The German government wants to oblige providers and vendors to ask when selling the cards for identification and an address, German media report. The measure is one of a package that the coalition took this week.

Berlin wants to avoid the measure that terrorists can communicate anonymously with each other.