Retail outlets charging customers for registering their SIM cards on their behalf are not violating any law, a Cabinet member said. DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy (Photo courtesy of PCO) Department of Information and Communications Technology Secretary Ivan John Uy said it is merely a "private...
The announcement last Tuesday, April 25, 2023 of the President’s approval of the extension of the SIM registration by 90 days was met with opposite reactions. Depending on who you talked to, there are those who approved of the government’s compassionate move to ensure that no legitimate SIM...
Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co (Facebook) Filipinos shouldn't be complacent with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s extension of the SIM registration period for another 90 days. Thus, said House Committee on Appropriations Chairman and Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co, who welcomed...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has called on subscribers to avail of the mandatory subscriber identity module (SIM) registration for their own benefit and protection. Go made the call as he expressed his support over the government’s decision to extend the deadline for mandatory SIM card...
Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy on Tuesday, April 25, denied that low turnout was the reason for the extension of the SIM registration as he lamented the “bad habit” of Filipinos when it comes to doing things “at the last minute.” (From...
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...
Filipinos were told to brace for a possible uptick in mobile text scams and spams following the 90-day extension given to the mandatory SIM card registration. (Unsplash) In a public briefing on Tuesday afternoon, April 25, Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan...
Just follow the timetables in the law requiring the registration of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III on Tuesday, April 25, said. "Since extension is allowed, then ok,’’ Pimentel said following a national government announcement that it was...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) aims to have 70 percent of active subscriber identity module (SIM) cards registered during the recently announced 90-day extension of the SIM registration period, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) said on Tuesday, April...
Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday, April 25, welcomed the decision of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to extend the period for registering Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards for 90 days. The deadline for SIM card registration is tomorrow, April 26. Poe, head of the...
Update: [20% of mobile phone users may lose digital payments access](https://mb.com.ph/2023/4/25/20-of-mobile-phone-users-may-lose-digital-payments-access) Did you notice the increase of spams you get suddenly doubled? As the deadline for SIM registration approaches, scammers ramp up their phishing...
A SIM card Senator Grace Poe on Sunday, April 23, urged the public to give the SIM Registration Law one final push as the April 26 deadline to register approaches. ‘’Let’s spread the word that all must enlist their SIM for their protection and peace of mind,’’ she stressed. Poe,...
