Customers have been struggling to register their SIMs due to the lack of government IDs and internet access.
MANILA, Philippines – Telecommunications companies have urged the government to consider extending the deadline of the SIM card registration, as users with no IDs or internet connection struggle to comply.and its value brand TNT filed a formal letter of request to ask the Department of Information and Communications Technology and the National Telecommunications Commission for an extension of the mandated April 26, 2023 deadline for subscribers to register their SIMs.
and disadvantaged areas of the country, to register their SIMs,” said Cathy Yang, head of group corporate communications at PLDT and Smart.“[W]e see the need to give subscribers more time to secure the government IDs required to register their SIMs. We stand ready with government to support any undertaking to fast track completing the SIM Registration process as required by law,” Yang said.Globe attributed the low figure to the lack of government IDs and access to the internet.
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