KIB-TEK says SMS is not a Hoax; consumers must respond...| Introducing paperless billing

KIB-TEK has announced that the GSM messages the public has been receiving are not a hoax and users should respond to the SMS message they have received.

The SMS reads in part "...For every electricity meter registered on our consumers name, we kindly ask them to send us....Signed: Electricity Authority of Northern Cyprus"

KIB-TEK said that users should start by responding to the SMS messages in order not to encounter any difficulties later.

The authorities said that responding to the number ‘9898’ was enough. An example of how the reply should look is given: “123784 *00276159 03507 Bahtiyar Duran bahtiyarduran@yahoo.com”.

KIB-TEK General manager Mehmet S. Gurkan in a written statement said with the completion of the remote electronic meter project at the end of the year, KIB-TEK will be a more modern unit. With the completion of the project, meter reading and distribution of electricity bills will become less and less necessary thus reducing the cost to the consumer as well. Those who would still wish to receive a bill will have to inform the authorities by July 31st.

Those who do not inform by this date will receive their bills either by SMS or by electronic post or both.

Credit: Kibris Postasi