OREANDA-NEWS  More than 1.5 million foreigners have registered data in the Unified Biometric System (EBS) to obtain new SIM cards in Russia or extend existing ones, the press service of the Center for Biometric Technologies (CBT), the EBS operator, reported.

"More than 1.5 million foreign citizens have registered in the Unified Biometric System to issue a new SIM card or extend the validity period of an already issued SIM card," the CBT said.

Citizens of more than 130 countries, from Angola to Jamaica, have registered their data; however, 90% of registrations were made by representatives of neighboring countries.