As deadline nears, 111M SIMs are still unregistered

By Jenica Faye Garcia

Apr 08, 2023 12:16 am

AS of April 3, 58,277,996 SIMs (subscriber identity modules) or only 34.49 percent of all SIMs in the country have been registered, according to the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).

Users of cell phones and other online communication devices have only until April 26 to register their SIMs.

A telco representative assists a subscriber who is registering a SIM card at the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) office in Quezon City on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. The NTC said that registered SIM cards from the telecommunications companies have reached 14,050,125 as of January 4. PHOTO BY MIKE DE JUAN

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