For a “more convenient process,” away from tight deadlines, the public was urged by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to register their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards early. SIM cards (Pixabay) Pursuant to Republic Act No. 11934 or the SIM Registration...
Some 12 million SIMs have been registered with local public telecommunication entities (PTEs) as of Tuesday January 3, 2023, a week after registration started. Smart Communications Inc. recorded 5,700,599 SIMs registered; Globe Telecom Inc., 5,030,649 SIMs, while DITO Telecommunity Corp. had 1.2...
In support of the government’s fight against online and mobile phone security threats, DITO Telecommunity reminds its nearly 15 million subscribers and potential customers to register their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards starting December 27, 2022. Subscribers who successfully...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has recorded a total of 481 complaints in relation to the mandatory Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card registration pursuant to Republic Act No. 11934 also known as the SIM registration Act. (Unsplash) DICT, in hopes of...
Two days after the implementation of the mandatory registration, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) announced that more than 3 million Filipinos have successfully registered their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards. In a “Laging Handa” public briefing, NTC Deputy Commissioner...
Of the over 170 million SIMs circulating in the country, only 3.415 million have been registered as of the second day. As of Wednesday night, Dec. 28, Globe Telecom Inc. registered 1,769,374 SIMs out of its 88 million users; Smart Communications Inc. registered 1,019,207 out of 68 million; and DITO...
Early registrants of SIM cards grumbled about bad gateways and glitches on the first day the process was launched yesterday, Dec. 27. Significantly, DITO does not seem to be having as much problems as the former duopoly of Globe Telecom Inc. and Smart Communications Inc. because DITO users are...
In support of the government’s fight against online and mobile phone security threats, DITO Telecommunity reminds its nearly 15 million subscribers and potential customers to register their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards starting December 27, 2022. Subscribers who successfully register...
In compliance with the law, the country's three telcos today, Dec. 27, 2022, opened their online Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Registration portals for subscribers. Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has launched its online SIM Registration portal at http://www.smart.com.ph/simreg. Smart Prepaid...
DITO Telecommunity has hauled in 14 million subscribers to date and is doubling its target to 28 million in 2023, Chief Administrative Officer Atty. Adel Tamano told reporters Tuesday, Dec. 13. Next year, the third telco player will also expand its coverage to 80 percent of the population, from the...
While DITO CME Holdings Corp posted a 10.6 times increase in revenues to P3.03 billion for the first half of 2022, with EBITDA growing 26 percent to P2.79 billion, the company bled P15.43 billion due to P7.26 billion in unrealized foreign exchange losses, as well as 135 percent and 423 percent...
On their own, Globe Telecom Inc. and Smart Communications Inc. cannot refuse or limit interconnection to DITO Telecommunity for "any reason" whatsoever. Former commissioner of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)...
