Mexico will shutdown 25.9 millions of cell phones

nanahuatzin writes: Several months ago, as a way to prevent the use of cellular in criminal activities, the goverment of México started a program to force everyone to register their cell phones to their name. http://pixelaris.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/registro-de-tu-numero-de-telefonia-movil-en-mexico-por-sms/ The registes consists in asociate the cell phone to their CURP. The CURP or Clave Unica de Registro de Registro de Problación, or Unique key of population register, is supose to be an unique ID for every mexicna citizen. ( http://curp.troyaestrategias.com/curp.htm ) But yesterday the timeline to register the cell phones has expire and so far there are 39 millions of Cell phones withouth register. While the procedure is simple, sending a text message with the CURP to a special number, most people do not want to register, some has been wary of the use the goverment will do with the data, others did not undertand or did not know the procedure. So far only 69% have register, most of then in the las few days, while the system to register has been over saturated. So in and unprecedent move for any country, the mexican goverment is anonuncing the shutdown 25.9 millions of cell phone lines. Meanwhile, as a measure of protest, hundreds of people have register their cell phones, to the name of the president of Mexico, Felipe Calderon Hinojosa, to show how pointless is the register...