The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) reported yesterday that more than six million SIM cards have been registered in the country.
This is only on the third day of the existence of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the SIM Card Registration Act.
Based on the data released by the NTC, it was known that as of 12:00 noon yesterday, there are more than six million SIM cards that have been registered.
These include 759,532 of DITO Telecommunity Corp.; over 2.7 million by Globe Telecom Inc.; and 2.6 million by Smart Communications Inc..
It will be remembered that December 27 was when the registration of SIMs began.
Meanwhile, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has received nearly 500 complaints regarding the SIM card registration process.
This is on the second day of the beginning of the registration of SIM cards, under the SIM Card Registration Act.
In the Laging Handa public briefing, DICT Undersecretary Anna Mae Lamentillo said that they have received 481 complaints.
More than 6 million SIM cards have been registered
This includes 195 complaints from Smart users, 121 from Globe users, 83 from Talk ‘N Text, 41 from DITO, 20 from TM, 14 from Sun Cellular and 7 from Gomo users.
Lamentillo said that a common complaint among them is the difficulty in completing the registration process and accessing the registration portals of telecommunication companies (telcos).
Senior citizens who had difficulty in the registration process were assisted by them, she said.
He also appealed to the public for forgiveness because he said the first 15 days of registration is just a test period.
“Some were senior citizens who found it difficult to accomplish the registration process, so we’ve asked someone to assist them. Others had trouble in getting into the system, but we’re asking the public to be a little bit patient with us since we have a 15-day test period,” she said.
Name, birth date, gender, and mailing address are only few of the personal details that users are required to provide in the registration forms. They must also show a photo ID provided by the government.
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