DICT-Cebu had received reports concerning the sale of “already registered” SIM cards on Facebook Marketplace.

Amid an extended deadline, SIM card registration is slowing down.

It can provide citizens the capability to validate in 10 seconds the partial identity and status of a SIM number of a suspected scammer.

Smart and TNT are leading the way in SIM registration with over 44.7 million subscribers already registered.

SIM registration has now reached over 93 million since the deadline was extended for another 90 days or until July 25, 2023.

According to the NTC, 52.04% of SIMs registered, as of April 24, 2023.

Subscribers who have not yet registered their SIMs after the original April 26 deadline will have limited access to some services.

Smart rolled out Power All 50, a value-packed offer exclusively available to SIM-registered Smart Prepaid users via the GigaLife App.

Smart and TNT subscribers can now also register their SIM cards using free Smart WiFi connectivity.

The news comes as less than 50 percent of SIMs are registered, as of April 23, 2023.