As of 7 March 2023 (11:59 PM), the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) reports a total of 41,471,503 subscribers registered in the system, which is 24.54% of the 168,977,773 million subscribers nationwide. The total number is consolidated from data reported by local...
The Senate public services committee today Jan. 23 asked telecommunications companies (telcos) to pick up pace in facilitating the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) registration of mobile users, with 146 million SIMs still unregistered three months away from deadline. Poe, committee chairperson,...
A ranking congressman is prodding local government units (LGUs) to set up Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) registration areas in places with there is limited Internet access. (Vojtech Bruzek/ Unsplash) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte made the call in the interest of improving the...
The Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) registration process has improved and become more efficient, Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Undersecretary Anna Mae Y. Lamentillo announced Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, during a webinar for local government units. "During the first...
Gen. Rodolfo Azurin, Jr., chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), ordered on Saturday, Dec. 31, all uniformed and civilian employees of the police organization to sign up for the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) registration in the soonest possible time. The SIM Registration Act, or the...
Senator Nancy Binay on Thursday, December 29 urged the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the country’s telecommunication companies to set up kiosk for the rollout of the SIM Registration Act to help individuals who have difficulty accessing online portals. Binay...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has cautioned Filipinos on a recently discovered GCash scam ahead of the start of SIM card registration on Dec. 27. Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (Facebook) Gatchalian cited a fraudulent email apparently coming from GCash Promotions advising recipients that their...
Smart Communications, Inc. today, Dec. 19, released its initial list of Frequently Asked Questions to guide Smart and TNT subscribers for their SIM Registration starting next Tuesday, Dec. 27. All SIM users, both existing and new, are required to register their SIMs with their current Telcos, under...
The government introduced the SIM registration act to help law enforcement in crimes involving SIMs and hopes it would become an effective tool for tracking and stopping cybercrime. SIM registration involves attaching an individual's personal information to a SIM card. A database containing SIM...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo The Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) for Republic Act No. 11934 or the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Registration Act has been released. The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), through the National Telecommunications Commission...
Senator Grace Poe has urged the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to clarify some concerns regarding the verification process indicated in the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the SIM Registration Act. “We note with grave concern the vague verification process under the said...
Telecommunications firms will start SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) registration of SIM starting Dec. 27 this year following the publication of the law's implementing rules and regulations. The National Telecommunications (NTC) on Monday, Dec. 12, published the IRR of the SIM Registration Act on...
