Chinese want to know who is using a mobile

Demands real names used in mobile phone registeration
All carriers are to adopt the real-name registration system starting this month. Within three years, the carriers must also register the real identities of all sers.
While this has been a policy for a while, it has not been enforced. You could pick up an account on a street newsstands and now these will be prohibited from selling SIM cards.
IT World said that the Chinese government is also taking steps toward an Internet real-name system. Buying mobile cell phones and posting to web forums would be covered by such a system.