MANILA, Philippines — Several members of the House of Representatives lauded the national government's decision to extend the subscriber identity module (SIM) card registration deadline and called on telecommunication providers and authorities to place measures that would increase inclusivity. In a statement on Tuesday, Camarines Sur 2nd District Rep. Luis Raymund Villafuerte Jr. said that a lot of phone users would have been disenfranchised if the government had not extended the deadline. 'A non-extension of the registration period will have led to the disenfranchisement come Wednesday (April 26) of the legion of legit SIM owners who had failed to sign up, thereby dealing a severe blow to the Marcos administration's efforts to fast-track our country's digital transformation,' Villafuerte said.

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