#Sim Card Registration Act

Solon seeks review of SIM Card Registration Act

The Department of Information and Communications Technology has been urged to review the SIM Card Registration Act as text scams continue to proliferate.

Barbers bats for SIM card law amendments to curb online scams

"What we are seeing and witnessing today is that online scamming activities continuous and remain unabated."

Scam complaints declined, then surged after SIM registration—NTC

Due to the SIM Card crisis, senators urged the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to conduct post validation on registered SIM cards to ensure that those who are registered are real people. 

No Facebook, no TikTok? DICT warns of harsh consequences for unregistered SIM card users

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.