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'May gastos rin sila': DICT sees no issue on vendors charging fees for SIM registrations

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Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News 

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="A DITO Telecommunity booth sells sim cards in Quezon City on May 31, 2021. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/04/25/20210531-dito-telecommunity-md-10.jpg"/><figcaption>A DITO Telecommunity booth sells sim cards in Quezon City on May 31, 2021. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Tuesday said it sees no problem if retail vendors charge fees when they assist SIM users during registration. </p><p>Vendors reportedly asked new users between P20 and P50 to have their new SIMs registered, to spare them the headache of enrolling their SIMs to the telcos&#x27; database. </p><p>The fees cover the subscribers&#x27; internet use, based on reports. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/04/24/23/mga-tindero-ng-sim-card-naniningil-para-sa-registration">Mga tindero ng SIM card, naniningil nang dagdag P20-P50 para sa registration</a></li></ul><p>DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy said this is not a violation of the law. </p><p>&quot;Well, actually it’s a private transaction between the SIM card holder and the, and the SIM seller ‘no, retailer ba ito? Mga retailer, nasa palengke, oo. So, it’s a private transaction between them,&quot; Uy told Palace reporters. </p><p>&quot;Hindi naman siguro lumalabag sa batas na mag-charge sila ng kaunting fee dahil may gastos rin naman sila. Katulad lang nun, data nila ang ginagamit, so may gastos sa kanila iyon. And I think 20 pesos is very, very reasonable,&quot; he added. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/04/24/23/globe-explains-emergency-broadcast-for-sim-registration">Globe explains emergency broadcast for SIM registration</a></li></ul><p>&quot;And for many na medyo digitally challenged, I think nakakatulong naman iyon. Otherwise, magpa-tulong sila sa anak nila, sa pamangkin nila, sa mga apo nila.&quot; </p><p>Meanwhile, Uy blamed Filipinos&#x27; &quot;hard-headedness&quot; for their failure to register ahead of the deadline and were just hoping for the extension of SIM registration. </p><p>The official noted that playing hardball in the extension of the deadline caused registrations to rise to around 1 million daily in the past 2 weeks. </p><p>&quot;Actually, it had a very positive effect by not announcing any extension – nagkaroon tayo ng malaking registration in the past two weeks,&quot; he said. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/04/25/23/no-facebook-unregistered-users-may-gradually-lose-sim-services">No Facebook? Unregistered users may gradually lose SIM services</a></li></ul><p>&quot;So clearly, matitigas lang talaga ang ulo ng ating mga kababayan. They always just want the last minute and they’re always hoping for an extension. Kaya medyo we have to adopt a very, rather more, stronger stance against this continuing to provide extensions,&quot; he added. </p><p>President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. approved the DICT&#x27;s recommendation to extend SIM registration by 90 days, to allow more users to register. </p><p>The DICT expects to reach <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/25/23/20-million-more-sims-to-be-registered-within-90-day-extension-dict">around 100 million</a> SIMs to be registered during this period. </p><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=2593985" 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>

'Hindi naman siguro lumalabag sa batas na mag-charge sila ng kaunting fee dahil may gastos rin naman sila.' 

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'May gastos rin sila': DICT sees no issue on vendors charging fees for SIM registrations

Job Manahan,

ABS-CBN News

Published April 25, 2023 08:05 PM PHT

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Updated April 26, 2023 10:42 AM PHT

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