More than three million mobile users have successfully registered their SIM cards on the first two days of the mandatory SIM card registration, according to the National Telecommunication Commission (NTC) on Wednesday.
In its SIM registration update, the NTC reported that over 1.7 million Globe users have already registered as of 6 pm.
Meanwhile, 1 million users have registered their Smart SIM cards as of 4 pm, and over 625,000 users registered in DITO.
The NTC also said that it directed the public communication entities (PTEs) namely, Smart Communications Inc., DITO Telecommunity Corporation, and Globe Telecoms Inc. to submit daily written reports for the next coming days.
The Commission asked the telcos to report on the following:
- any incident of incomplete SIM registration
- platform involved
- number of subscribers affected
- geographical area
- other issues and concerns affecting SIM Registration
- Actions were taken to address the issues and actions to mitigate or eliminate future incidents of similar nature
Earlier, NTC disclosed that its latest data showed that the Philippines has around 160 million active SIM cards.
