THE Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said on Saturday that it was considering the possibility of extending the subscriber identification module (SIM) registration, but that it has to first identify the 'gaps' to show such a compelling reason to go beyond the April 26 deadline.
In a radio interview, DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy also said that they will meet with the public telecommunications entities and other stakeholders to determine why more than half of their subscribers have not registered their SIMs.
The DICT had said that the April 26 deadline will not be extended, despite appeals by the telecom companies Smart, Globe and Dito, saying that the government should give their subscribers more time to secure a valid ID as required to have a successful registration.
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