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Over 16 million SIMs registered as of January 9: DICT

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Photo illustration of a SIM card provided by mobile network companies in the Philippines. Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/business/12/13/20221010-sim-card-ph-gcs102750.jpg"/><figcaption>Photo illustration of a SIM card provided by mobile network companies in the Philippines. <em>Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Telecommunications companies have so far registered 16,150,926 SIMs as of January 9, data from the Department of Information and Technology (DICT) released on Monday showed.</p><p>The SIM registration act mandates the registration of all active SIMs and newly acquired mobile numbers in the country to help curb SMS-linked scams.<br/> <br/>The total registered SIM as of Jan. 9 is 9.56 percent out of the total 170 million SIMs in the country, the DICT said citing data from the National Telecommunications Commission.</p><p>Smart Communications Inc has reported a total of 7,584,321 registered SIMs, Globe with 7,137,764 and DITO Telecommuity with 1,428,841 so far, the DICT said. <br/> <br/>SIM users have 180 days to register their SIMs. The DICT urged the public to register ahead of the deadline.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/12/12/22/ntc-releases-implementing-rules-of-sim-registration-law">Implementing rules for SIM registration released with hefty fines for violators</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/multimedia/photo/12/27/22/sim-registration-starts">Mobile users register SIM cards</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/06/23/smart-hits-over-7-million-sim-registrations-in-first-10-days">Smart hits over 7 million SIM registrations in first 10 days</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2379654" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Telecommunications companies have so far registered 16,150,926 SIMs as of January 9, data from the Department of Information and Technology (DICT) released on Monday showed.