Will the SIM registration period be extended or not? The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Monday, April 24, said they are considering the possible extension of the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card registration period. SIM card (Unsplash) Two days before the...
OmniPay and Discover Global Network launch the OmniPay Travel Card. With the launch of OmniPay's Travel card, cardholders can make payments both in-store, online and access cash at major destinations outside of the Philippines through Discover Global Network at locations where Discover and Diners...
House Deputy Minority Leader and Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list Rep. Bernadette Herrera ( Rep. Herrera's office) A high-ranking congresswoman is asking telecommunications companies (telcos) to cancel all holidays and leaves of their customer service personnel for the next few days. According to...
Davao Oriental 2nd district Rep. Cheeno Almario (Facebook) A vice chairman of the House Committee on Information and Communications Technology has joined the calls for the extension of the SIM card registration period in light of the low registry turnout. Davao Oriental 2nd district Rep. Cheeno...
The deadline for registration of all Subscriber Identity Modules (SIMs) in circulation is April 26, 2023. However, with less than two weeks before the deadline, only 65,154,570 SIMs have so far been registered. That is less than 40 percent of the over 170 million SIMs in circulation. Based on...
We are just a few weeks away from April 26, 2023, the deadline for registering your SIM card. If you haven’t registered, please do so immediately. Not only would you be compliant with the law but registering your SIM number is also a financially responsible decision. Let me share with you several...
Noting that the current figures are still “far from the target,” the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) continued to urge the public to register their SIMs before the deadline set this month to avoid the deactivation of SIM cards. DICT / MANILA BULLETIN “The DICT...
Two individuals were arrested by members of the District Special Operations Unit (DSOU) of the Makati City Police for selling registered SIM cards in Barangay Poblacion, Makati City Sunday, April 2. The police identified the suspects as Jinxing Zhao, 29; and Cristobal Cacayurin Jr., 56. According to...
As the deadline for the SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) registration nears, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) in Region 4-A will start making the rounds of areas in Rizal Province this week to help residents with their registration. From March 22 up to March 24, the NTC will...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Monday, Feb. 20 stressed the importance of reinforcing campaign strategies to remind and engage the public to comply with the mandatory SIM registration. SIM cards (Pixabay) DICT admitted that it has observed a “slowdown” in...
SIM registration now drives Mobile Number Portability (MNP) as more subscribers move to the network they wish to register in, according to Telecommunications Connectivity, Inc. (TCI). Since the SIM Registration process began on December 27, 2022, TCI started seeing a double-digit increase in...
THE RIGHT MOVE Following the deluge of text scams and other cybercrimes perpetrated through telecommunications channels last year, the implementation of the SIM Card Registration Act has been in full swing. But after having appeased the hundreds of complainants from all across the country during...
