There are now over 80 million Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards registered across the country, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) disclosed on Sunday, April 23. SIM cards (Pixabay) NTC on Sunday said 80,372,656 individuals have so far registered their SIMs as of April 22, but this...
A SIM card A ranking congressman is making a last-ditch effort to convince the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to extend the deadline for SIM card registration as provided for under Republic Act (RA) No.11934, or the SIM Registration Act. “This is an 11th-hour...
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) The SIM registration, which officially began on December 27, 2022, is set to end on April 26, 2023. All existing SIMs will be deactivated after...
The mandatory Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) registration will still end on April 26, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said on Wednesday morning, April 19. In a statement, the DICT acknowledged the appeals of public telecommunication entities (PTEs) to extend the...
Less than a week left before the April 26 deadline, and Globe is making it even more enticing to register their SIMs. With the 2x Rewards Campaign, Prepaid subscribers with P90 and above promo/load transactions and TM customers with P50 and above transactions will get twice the rewards when they...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) bared that the latest SIM Registration tally has breached 69 million, but this is only equivalent to about 41.32 percent of the existing cards across the archipelago. Data issued by the DICT showed that a total of 69,828,115 users...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte With hardly 40 percent of the country’s subscriber identity module or (SIM) cards registered, Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte said its time for authorities to think about the extension provision in Republic Act (RA) No.11934 or the...
Only 65,154,570 subscribers have so far registered their units, said the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) 15 days before the mandatory measure ends. In its latest bulletin, DICT said a total of 65,154,570 Filipinos have registered their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM)...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) ought to go "full blast" after Holy Week on its campaign to remind Filipinos to have their SIM cards registered before the April 26 deadline. (Unsplash) Thus, said Camarines Sur...
NIGHT OWL It’s less than a month before the deadline for SIM registration on April 26, 2023. As of April 1, a total of 56,192,720 SIMs from the three telco providers have been registered. This is 33.25 percent of the estimated 169 million active SIM cards. The Department of Information and...
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...
The number of registered SIM cards in the Philippines has breached 52 million, said the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), 30 days before the mandatory measure ends. Based on the latest tally issued by the DICT, there are now 52,380,146 registrants nationwide. “The...
