CEBU CITY, Philippines—Some cellphone users here were delighted when the deadline for the extension of SIM registration was extended for 90 days. The national government on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, extended the deadline for mandatory SIM registration, which was originally set on April 26. The deadline is now on July 25. Based on data from the National Telecommunications Commission website, 52 percent of users in the country have registered their SIM cards as of April 24. In an earlier article, some users said delayed one-time pin (OTP), digital illiteracy, and doubt on the effectiveness of the program, in general, are some of the reasons why it took them some time to register their SIM cards.

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