THERE will be no more additional extenstion after the 90-day extention SIM registration approved by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Thus, said Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy on Wednesday to those who still have not registered their SIMs. He added to take advantage of the 90-day extension period as this is final and cannot be extended further.
“Magrehistro na po kayo (Please, register). Binigyan na po kayo ng 90 days more to register (You are already given 90 days more to register),” DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy said in an interview on Super Radyo dzBB.
“This is the final extension dahil ang batas natin hindi na kami binibigyan ng kapangyarihan upang mag extend pa ulit (because the law does not gives authority to extend again),” Uy said.
On Tuesday, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. approved the 90-day extension of the SIM registration period or until July 25 from the original deadline of April 26.
A total of 87,442,982 or 52.04% of the total 168,016,400 subscriber base nationwide have registered their SIMs as of April 24, 2023.
Uy reiterated that the government is looking to register 70% of the total subscriber base to capture the “legitimate” SIM users.
“At 70%, we’re looking at 100 million to 110 million legitimate SIM users. We’re now at 82 million registered,” Uy said.
The DICT chief said that telcos have already upgraded their systems so it would not be difficult for the public to register.
He also reminded the public that barangay IDs could be used to register SIM cards as some individuals do not possess any government IDs.
Uy warned that scammers may take advantage of the 90-day SIM registration extension.
