Globe: 85% of active SIM users registered
Published May 15, 2023 05:17 am
Globe Telecom Inc. on Monday, May 15, announced it has registered 85 percent of its active SIM users and is confident it can reach 100 percent within the 90-day extension period.
Since the government extended the SIM registration deadline, registration volume slowed down across all three telcos in the market but Globe remains unfazed.
“We intend to have 100 percent of our revenue-generating base fully registered within the 90-day extension," Darius Delgado, Head of Globe Consumer Mobile Business, reiterated.
"We are confident that we can achieve this with the initiatives that we are taking,” he stressed.
To make registration as easy and accessible as possible, the telco opened up GCash as a channel for fully verified Globe and TM users to register their SIMs with just a few clicks.
This is on top of the GlobeOne app and the https://new.globe.com.ph/simreg microsite which are also available 24/7.
In addition, Globe continues to operate its SIM-assisted registration booths and plans to scale up these efforts, particularly in rural areas where registration has lagged behind.
The company's 144 Stores and 25 EasyHubs across the country are also open to customers who need help registering their SIMs. Globe is committed to ensuring its customers’ compliance with the SIM Registration Act and is working closely with local government units, groceries, and malls to set up assisted registration booths in various remote locations. It has also been regularly joining SIM registration assistance initiatives led by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) since January. Globe continues to appeal to the government to allow the submission of alternative IDs for SIM registration as many Filipinos still lack government IDs. "We applaud the government for extending the SIM registration deadline, as this gives millions of our unregistered customers more time to comply with the law," says Delgado. "But we continue to ask for conditional registration that will allow us to accept other forms of identification such as school IDs and company IDs. This will help our customers who do not yet have a government ID to register across our channels," he underscored. Unregistered SIM users have until July 25 to complete their SIM registration. Globe urges its subscribers to quickly take advantage of the extended time and not wait until the last minute to register to avoid the deactivation of their SIMs.
The company's 144 Stores and 25 EasyHubs across the country are also open to customers who need help registering their SIMs. Globe is committed to ensuring its customers’ compliance with the SIM Registration Act and is working closely with local government units, groceries, and malls to set up assisted registration booths in various remote locations. It has also been regularly joining SIM registration assistance initiatives led by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) since January. Globe continues to appeal to the government to allow the submission of alternative IDs for SIM registration as many Filipinos still lack government IDs. "We applaud the government for extending the SIM registration deadline, as this gives millions of our unregistered customers more time to comply with the law," says Delgado. "But we continue to ask for conditional registration that will allow us to accept other forms of identification such as school IDs and company IDs. This will help our customers who do not yet have a government ID to register across our channels," he underscored. Unregistered SIM users have until July 25 to complete their SIM registration. Globe urges its subscribers to quickly take advantage of the extended time and not wait until the last minute to register to avoid the deactivation of their SIMs.