NTC, DICT to put up SIM registration centers in remote areas

Subscriber identity module (SIM) cards.

The STAR / File

MANILA, Philippines — The National Telecommunications Commission and the Department of Information and Communications will provide SIM registration centers to help those without ready access to internet register their mobile numbers.

With the implementing rules and regulations of the SIM card registration law issued last Monday, the NTC is urging all users to register already in order to keep their mobile numbers. Telecommunication firms are also called on to ensure that they have their online registration platforms ready for the implementation of the law.

“DICT, NTC will coordinate with local government agencies… to put up registration centers [in remote areas] and of course, with the assistance of the barangay captains, the village chiefs, in those areas,” NTC Consultant Edgardo Cabarios said in an interview with state television on Wednesday.

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