The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) said they are assessing if it is legally and technically feasible to deactivate services, such as social media access, for those who refuse to register their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards. SIM card (Unsplash) NTC Deputy Commissioner Jon Paulo...
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 Senate public services committee sees the favorable decision of the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) law a big boost as registration continues. Senator Grace Poe, committee chairperson, said the decision affirms the need to have all mobile...
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...
In order to further encourage the public to register their SIM cards, the government is planning to cut them off from various services like calls, texts, and access to social media accounts if they would still fail to do so within the 90-day extension. This, however, is not yet final and is still...
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...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. was compelled to extend the SIM card registration period to 90 more days as he recognized that the remaining unregistered SIM cards are still a significant number. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Yummie Dingding/PPA Pool)...
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...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte hailed authorities on Tuesday, April 25 for heeding his to call to defer the deadline for SIM card registration under Republic Act (RA) No.11934 or the SIM Registration Act. “We welcome...
