The Department of Information and Technology (DICT) warned subscribers on Wednesday, Jan. 11 not to have any ideas of providing false information when registering their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) for they will be inevitably caught.
This was according to DICT Spokesperson and Undersecretary Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo during the Laging Handa public briefing. So far, she said that there have been no reports of such incidents.
Lamentillo said that hopefully, no one will commit this since it's against the law.
"Gusto lang po natin paalalahanan yung ating publiko na mayroon tayong post-verification system after nuong ating initial registration phase (We would just like to remind the public that we have a post-verification system after the initial registration phase)," she explained.
"So yung mga ngayon pa lang po nagbabalak na na mag-submit ng false information, ng pekeng ID, sana po wag niyo na pong ituloy. Kasi po mahuhuli at mahuhuli po kayo ng ating pamahalaan (For those planning to submit false information, fake IDs, please don't continue it. Because the government will get to you)," she added.
Lamentillo also stated that the the DICT, under the leadership of Secretary Ivan John Uy and the administration of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is serious in the implementation of the SIM Registration Law.
As of Jan. 9, DICT said that SIM Registration has been running smoothly, with a total of 16,150,926 registered. Smart Communications Inc. reported a total of 7,584,321 SIMs registered, while there are 7,137,764 SIMs registered for Globe Telecom Inc., and 1,428,841 for DITO Telecommunity Corp.
Globe Telecom Inc. also reported that its operations for SIM registration have yielded 99.69% success rate, with 7,173,255 cumulative successful registrations. Globe, along with the rest of the country’s PTEs, are continuously addressing user-related and system concerns to secure a seamless and convenient registration experience for the end-users.