The deadline for the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card registration has been extended by 90 days.
This was announced by Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin 'Boying' Remulla on Tuesday, April 25 during the 4th meeting of the inter-agency task force on the oil spill in Oriental Mindoro.
"There’s a 90-day extension. But most of the services that come with the cellphones that are not registered will be cut off with the telcos," he noted.
"So there will be a social media unavailability for those who do not register in the next 90 days," Remulla added.
Meanwhile, state media Radio Television Malacañang (RTVM) reported that President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. has approved the extension during the sectoral meeting on the SIM Card registration.
"President Marcos Jr. approves the 90-day extension of SIM registration after the 26 April 2023 deadline. Failure to register within the given period of extension will result to limited SIM services from the telecommunication companies. He issues a directive to the DICT to make a public announcement on this matter," it said.
The original deadline for the SIM registration is supposed to be on Wednesday, April 26.
Several telecommunication companies earlier appealed to the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to give an extension, citing that the days given to Filipino subscribers were shorter as compared to the one to two years of registration in Indonesia and India.
