Unregistered mobile SIM cards seen as enablers of fraud and cellphone-triggered bombings Highlights Official seek SIM card registration, alongside a National ID system now being rolled out, to improve ...

More Filipinos registered their subscriber identity module (SIM) cards during the Holy Week, with the total number of subscribers reaching over 62 million. Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo, Department of ...

Subscriber Identification Mobile (SIM) cards are mainly used to connect to networks and deliver communication features for the user, and the Philippines is making it mandatory for its citizens to ...

Legislation aims to curb fraud, unmask criminals using unregistered mobile numbers Manila: The Philippine House of Representatives (lower house) has approved on Wednesday (September 28, 2022) the ...

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos signed a law on Monday requiring mobile users to provide personal details when buying a SIM card, a regulation aimed at combating text messaging fraud. The bill ...

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On Oct. 10, Philippine President Bongbong Marcos signed into law the contentious SIM Card Registration Act. Lawmakers who support the bill claim that it will be a major leap toward combating the ...

The registration of cellphone subscriber identification module (SIM) cards has become a hot topic for Filipino netizens as lawmakers pushed for the measure in the wake of a recent bus bombing that ...

PEOPLE are seen using their mobile phones in Divisoria, Manila, Dec. 27. — PHILIPPINE STAR/EDD GUMBAN THE PHILIPPINE government has extended the deadline for SIM (subscriber identity modules) card ...

MANILA, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Monday signed into law a measure making cellphone SIM registration compulsory, in a key step towards fighting text scams, bank ...