With hardly 40 percent of the country’s SIM) cards registered, Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte said its time for authorities to think about the extension provision in Republic Act (RA) No.11934 or the SIM Registration Act. ManilaBulletin
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte says it's time for authorities to consider extending the deadline for the registration of subscriber identity module or cards as less than 40 percent of them have been registered with public telecommunications entities .With hardly 40 percent of the country’s subscriber identity module or cards registered, Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte said its time for authorities to think about the extension provision in Republic Act No.
He said the deadline for registration under the law is April 26, 2023. Registration for SIM cards began on Dec. 27, 2022. The NTC website reported that as of April 11, or barely two weeks before the deadline, an aggregate of 66.21 million SIM cards have been registered with the three PTEs, which is just 39.41 percent of the estimated 168.977 million SIMs nationwide.
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