To beat the deadline on the signup of an estimated 168 million subscriber identity module numbers of cellular phone owners in the country, a senior lawmaker has called on local government units to help facilitate the establishment of off-sites registration areas in places with limited Internet access.
“However, this number of registrants is just over 12 percent of the projected 168 million SIM cards in the country, so unless the registration process is switched to overdrive from hereon, the PTEs along with the DICT [Department of Information and Communications Technology] and NTC [National Telecommunications Commission] might not have enough time to complete the registration process on or before the deadline set by the SIM Registration Act,” Villafuerte said.
“And one way to accelerate the registration process is for local executives to help the PTEs, DITC, NTC and other concerned sectors establish off-site centers where people can sign up, especially in places with limited Internet or telecommunication access,” Villafuerte, a former CamSur governor, added.
In a joint briefing with DICT and NTC officials, Undersecretary Margarita Gutierrez of the Department of the Interior and Local Government said the government has already identified the geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas where the other registration sites will be established, but added no specific dates can be provided yet on when these would be put up.
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