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 [Regulation](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-business/telecom-regulation.html)## Philippines register 30 million SIM cards

 

 

   Details    Manny Pham    Category: [Regulation](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-business/telecom-regulation.html)     10 February 2023     9268 views   

 

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The Philippines reported operators have signed up over 30 million SIM cards in days since the introduction of the SIM card registration law to combat hackers and fraudulent activity.

In a statement, the Department of Information and Technology (DICT) detailed the figure is 17.76% of 168.9 million subscribers nationwide.

PLDT subsidiary Smart Communications reported to the regulator 15.4 million customers registered their SIM cards which is almost a quarter (22.76%) of its subscriber base. Globe Telecom recorded 12.2 million SIM cards which accounts for 13.89% of its 87.8 million customer base. Meanwhile, DITO Telecommunity reported 2.3 million registered SIM cards or 17.79% of its 13.1 million of its subscribers.

DICT secretary Ivan John Uy said: “We are seeing good progress in terms of the registered subscribers, and we look forward to how this will translate to a safer and more secure digital communications in the coming days.”

DICT is also collaborating with the National Telecommunications Commission to register SIM cards in 15 remote regions.

The Philippines [ratified its SIM registration law this month](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-business/telecom-regulation/12819-sim-registration-act-ratified-in-the-philippines.html) and had seen support from operators. The country has a massive fraud problem stemming from scam text messages and phone calls, which prompted operators to beef up security systems. Globe Telecom reported it [blocked almost 3 billion fraudulent calls and messages](https://developingtelecoms.com/telecom-business/operator-news/14455-globe-telecom-blocks-2-7bn-fraud-messages-calls.html) in 2022, double the figure from the year prior.

 

 

   
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