Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas The 30-day suspension order slapped against SMNI is part of the process to holding the controversial television network accountable. Thus, said Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas in a statement Thursday...
Senator Imee Marcos questioned the National Telecommunications Commission's (NTC) move of issuing a show-cause order and a 30-day suspension at the same time against controversial television network SMNI. "Who's afraid of SMNI? Which media entities will remain to uphold the freedom of the press,...
The House plenary hall (Contributed photo) The House of Representatives has sent a strong message against television network SMNI regarding its alleged various infractions of the country’s laws. This, after the 300-plus strong chamber adopted on...
Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy on Wednesday, July 26 estimated that a total of 55 million Subscriber Identity Modules (SIM) cards have been deactivated after the extended SIM registration officially ended....
The Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) reminded the public of their "last chance" to register their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards before the extended deadline ended on Tuesday, July 25. Photo credit to Pixabay "Reminder, last chance for you [unregistered SIM card...
The National Telecommunication Commission (NTC) on Tuesday, July 25 said the total Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) registrants reached 105,260,340. Department of Information and Communication Technology The latest update as of July 23 showed a significant increase compared to the last data on July...
There are 99,289,484 users who have registered their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards based on the data released by the National Telecommunications Commission  (NTC) on Friday, June 16. (Photo credit to DICT) As of June 23, data from the NTC showed that among public...
The latest Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card registration tally has breached 96 million. SIM cards (Pixabay) Based on the latest SIM registration update released by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), the total number of registered cards is at 96,910,251. This is equivalent to at...
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) is eyeing on elevating its legal tussle with News and Entertainment Network Corp. (Newsnet) to the Supreme Court after the appellate court rules on the enforcement of an earlier ruling by the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA). “The Court of Appeals...
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) said they are assessing if it is legally and technically feasible to deactivate services, such as social media access, for those who refuse to register their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards. SIM card (Unsplash) NTC Deputy Commissioner Jon Paulo...
Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Tuesday, April 25 said telecommunication companies (telcos) should undertake the necessary steps to make the procedure for the registration of SIM (subscriber identity module) cards easier for prepaid subscribers. Estrada made the call after the...
Following the alleged personal data leak involving law enforcement agencies in the Philippines, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) once again assured the public that all information and data gathered during the mandatory Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card registration will be...