Globe SIM registration reaches 85 percent

Globe is confident it will be able to achieve 100 percent registration by the July 25 deadline.

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85 percent of active users registered

Following the 90-day extension, Globe said it has so far registered 85 percent of its active users despite a slowdown in SIM registration volume, which telcos have observed.

Now at 85 percent!

We intend to have 100 percent of our revenue-generating base fully registered within the 90-day extension. We are confident that we can achieve this with the initiatives that we are taking, Darius Delgado, Head of Globe Consumer Mobile Business, said in a statement.

To make registration easier, the company opened up GCash as a channel for fully verified Globe and TM users to register their SIMs with just a few clicks. This is aside from the GlobeOne app and the https://new.globe.com.ph/simreg microsite which are also available 24/7.

There are also SIM-assisted registration booths, which Globe plans to scale up, especially in rural areas where registration has lagged behind. The company's 144 Stores and 25 EasyHubs across the country are open to customers who need assistance.

Globe is also working closely with local government units, groceries, and malls to set up assisted registration booths in various remote locations aside from joining SIM registration assistance initiatives led by the National Telecommunications Commission.

We applaud the government for extending the SIM registration deadline, as this gives millions of our unregistered customers more time to comply with the law. But we continue to ask for conditional registration that will allow us to accept other forms of identification such as school IDs and company IDs. This will help our customers who do not yet have a government ID to register across our channels, Delgado said.

Unregistered SIM users have until July 25 to comply with the mandatory SIM registration.

Globe urged its subscribers to take advantage of the extension to avoid getting deactivated once the registration ends.

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