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MANILA - The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is encouraging telecommunications companies (telcos) to boost subscriber identity module (SIM) registrations by opening registration booths in festivals across the country. In a press conference at the Globe Valero Telepark in Makati City, DICT Undersecretary Anna Mae Lamentillo said public-drawing festivals will help the SIM registration information drive, especially after a recent slowdown in the number of registrants. "Although we anticipated this lull, we are compelled to do more. We must use this as an opport...
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COMPLIANCE. A staff member of a telecommunications company (standing) assists a client in registering his subscriber identity module card at a stall at the Quezon City Hall grounds on Tuesday (Jan. 24, 2023). Republic Act 11934 or the SIM Card Registration law seeks to put an end to scams and gives subscribers until April 26 to register if they want to keep their numbers active. (PNA photo by Ben Briones) MANILA - The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has ramped up its subscriber identity module (SIM) registration campaign at the grassroots level by partnering with...
SIM REGISTRATION. Kamuning Bakery Cafe owner Wilson Lee Flores (right seated) registers his SIM card with the help of his staff at Barangay Kamuning, Quezon City on Dec 29, 2022. According to the latest tally of the NTC, a total of 21,782,509 SIM cards have so far been registered - or 12.89 percent of the country's total 168,977,773 active mobile users. (PNA photo by Robert Oswald P. Alfiler) MANILA - The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is looking to boost the registration of subscriber identity module (SIM) cards in remote areas through the National Bureau o...