In preparation for the start of SIM Registration on Dec. 27, mobile services provider Smart Communications, Inc. has released its initial list of Frequently Asked Questions to guide all Smart and TNT subscribers here http://bitly.ws/xZxS . If you are a Smart Prepaid, Smart Postpaid, Smart...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urged the local government units (LGUs) on Monday, Dec. 19, to take some measures that will encourage their constituents to support the newly-enacted Republic Act (RA) No. 11934, or the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Registration Act. The...
According to Yeo Siang Tiong, general manager for Southeast Asia at Kaspersky, the NTC just announced that the registration of new and existing SIM cards will start on December 27. According to the IRR of the SIM Registration Law, mobile users in the country are required to input their personal...
The implementing rules and regulations of the Republic Act No. 11934, otherwise known as the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Registration Act was released by the National Telecommunications Commission on Monday, Dec. 12. RA 11934 aims to make end users accountable for their usage of mobile...
It could be recalled that former President Rodrigo Duterte vetoed a bill requiring the mandatory registration of SIM cards of mobile phone users. At that time, Malacañang said that Duterte “did not agree with the social media registration,” which, to some experts, is a good move, as the lack...
Senators will try to have a bill enacted into law mandating the registration of all Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards being used by cell[phones and electronic gadgets. This after incoming Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and Senators Ronald ‘’Bato’’ dela Rosa and Grace Poe filed the...
Senator Grace Poe said on Monday, June 13 that she would refile the proposed Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card Registration Act to combat the slew of text scams that prey on the need and vulnerability of the Filipino people. ‘’The hard times make many of our citizens easy victims to fake...
The Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments has recommended the refiling in the 19th Congress of a bill seeking the mandatory registration of subscriber identity module (SIM) cards to contain the spread of false information and injury on social media. The recommendation was contained in a...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said that he respects President Duterte’s reasons for vetoing the proposed Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card Registration Act, and expressed willingness to revisit the measure to ensure that no provision is unconstitutional and runs counter to the rights of...
Although President Rodrigo R. Duterte has vetoed the SIM Card Registration Act, PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications, Inc. still have high hopes it will be enacted into law to protect consumers. "We still are hoping to find a way to get SIM cards registered. That's important, not only for our...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday defended the constitutionality of the vetoed SIM Card Registration bill saying the measure contains no constitutional infirmity, specifically the provision that mandates the use of one’s real name and registered SIM card in creating social media...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon expressed doubts that any attempt to override the presidential veto on the SIM Card Registration bill would be possible. While he supports Senate President Vicente Sotto III’s initiative to find a way to save the bill by convincing Congress to overturn the...
