At least 100.2 million subscriber id modules (SIMs) have been registered with their respective telecommunications service suppliers precisely a month earlier than the deadline of the prolonged SIM registration, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) mentioned on Sunday.
Interviewed on Super Radyo dzBB, DICT Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Upskilling Jeffrey Ian Dy mentioned that this variety of registered SIMs is already “significant” and has hit their delicate goal.
“Sa ngayon, nakaka 100,200,000 na tayo na registered SIM cards. Although this is like 60%, 59.67% ng total SIM cards na nabili, tingin namin significant na ‘yung number na ‘yan at nakaabot na tayo doon sa ating tinatawag na soft target,” he mentioned.
(Right now, now we have 100,200,000 registered SIM playing cards. Although that is virtually 60% or 59.67% of the full SIM playing cards bought, we expect that quantity is critical and now we have reached our delicate goal.)
In April, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. authorized the 90-day extension of the SIM registration interval to July 25, from the unique deadline of April 26.
“Wala po ‘tong extension. Kahit gustuhin man namin, wala na dahil sa batas…Ito na ‘yung last. Matapos ang July 25, the next day, July 26, mapuputol ang iyong koneksyon kapag ang SIM card mo ay hindi rehistrado,” Dy added.
(There isn’t any additional extension. Even if we wish it, there will likely be additional extension as a result of underneath the regulation, that is the final one. After July 25, the following day, July 26, your connection will likely be lower in case your SIM card just isn’t registered.)
The SIM Card Registration Act mandates all public telecommunications entities (PTEs) to ascertain their very own registration platform the place they are going to onboard their customers who current legitimate identification playing cards.
This measure seeks to finish crimes utilizing the platform together with textual content and on-line scams by regulating the sale and the usage of SIMs by means of mandating registration to end-users. —KG, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
