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More than 113 million SIMs registered as of July 30: NTC

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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/File" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/news/04/19/20221010-sim-card-ph-gcs104050.jpg"/><figcaption>Photo illustration of a SIM card provided by mobile network companies in the Philippines. <em>Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA -- More than 113 million SIMs have been registered as of July 30, the National Telecommunications Commission said.</p><p>According to the NTC, 113,969,014 SIM cards have been registered as of July 30, the end of the five-day grace period for SIM card registration.</p><p>The NTC noted 53,727,798 of the registered SIMs were from Globe Telecom, while 52,500,870 were from Smart. The remaining 7,740,346 were from DITO Telecommunity.</p><p>The SIM card registration period ended on July 25, with unregistered SIMs getting deactivated after that day. But telco subscribers who were unable to meet this deadline were also given a 5-day period lasting until July 30, to apply for reactivation. </p><p>No more appeals for reactivation were entertained by July 31.</p><p>The government has said that SIM registration will curb text scams, as the identities of people who use SIMs for illegal activities can be traced. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/07/25/23/no-more-extension-of-sim-registration-deadline-ntc">No more extension of SIM registration deadline: NTC</a></li></ul><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=2592918" 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>

More than 113 million SIMs have been registered as of July 30, the last day for applying for reactivation of unregistered SIMs, according to the government. 