Over 22.2 million SIM cards registered in Philippines as of Jan 18


MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/Asia News Network): More than 22.2 million SIM cards have so far been registered three weeks after the start of the mandatory registration period, the National Telecommunications Communications (NTC) said on Friday (Jan 20)

In a statement, NTC officer-in-charge Commissioner Ella Blanca Lopez said that there has been a total of 22,298,090 SIM card registrants as of Jan 18, which is 13.20% of the total 168 million active SIM subscribers.

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