The country’s leading telecommunications group is calling on the government to establish a validated database to verify a person’s identity, instead of the proposed in-person appearance for SIM (subscriber identity module) registration. Last month, the National Telecommunications Commission...
Globe Telecom Inc. is pushing the government to establish a validated database where registrants’ identity can be verified amid the alleged proliferation of pre-registered SIM cards being sold online. Globe issued the statement on Monday, March 3, after the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime...
Senator Grace Poe has called for a review of the SIM Registration Law as the number of spam and scam messages surge again even after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s directive formally banning the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators or POGOs. Poe said it is imperative that lawmakers grill...
Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro is pushing to make the registration of SIM cards onsite instead of online amid perceived loopholes in the law that supposedly allow the resurgence of text scams. File photos In a press briefing in Malacañan on Thursday, Feb. 27,...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is now eyeing amendments to the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Registration Act or Republic Act No. 11934, to combat fraud and scamming activities by perpetrators. “It is incumbent upon the government to safeguard unwary or unsuspecting Filipinos from any harm...
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) hosted a meeting with telecommunications companies, Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) distributors, and dealers, as part of its ongoing efforts to enforce the provisions of Republic Act (RA) 11934, otherwise known as the SIM Registration Act. Photo...
The Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) on Saturday, June 22, said that it is determined to file complaints against erring entities and their free agents who failed to properly account for their thousands of unregistered Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards. Photo from Pixabay...
Mobile phone users would now be required to take a “live selfie” before their SIM registration application is approved. Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Sec. Ivan John Uy presents the agency's proposed 2024 budget before a Senate Finance Subcommittee hearing...
Some senators are now looking into the possibility of limiting the number of valid official identification cards that would be accepted in the registration of subscriber identity modules (SIM). Sen. Grace Poe, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Public Services, said the government...
Senator Alan Peter Cayetano on Friday, September 15 urged the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to focus on enhancing the process and implementing stricter mechanisms for SIM registration rather than temporarily discontinuing it. “Hindi itigil muna—higpitan nila (Don’t stop...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Deputy Majority Leader and ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo believes that the national identification (ID) card system--once properly implemented--can help stop the falsification of...
Sen. Grace Poe called on concerned agencies and telecommunications companies (telcos) to require "selfies" in the SIM registration process as a means to deter instances of fraud and scamming. Poe said that selfies, or one's photograph taken by oneself, should be part of the implementing rules...
