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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Manila: A new law requiring SIM card registration of all phone users — including children, foreigners and pre-paid account holders — is expected to curb mobile phone fraud that's rampant in 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Registered SIM cards can bolster the integration of payment channels with a smartphone, increasing the personalization of online shopping services such as the Buy Now, Pay Later segment. Nowadays, it ...