DICT, Globe distribute over 400,000 Bayanihan SIMs to boost digital access

Nationwide rollout reaches learners, teachers, underserved communities.

File photo: SIM card

Bayanihan SIM Project marks new milestone

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and Globe are continuing to advance digital inclusion through the Bayanihan SIM Project.

This reflects the continued rollout of the government's initiative to help bridge the digital divide by expanding access to mobile connectivity for learners, teachers, and underserved communities.

To date, 500,400 Bayanihan SIMs have been delivered to the DICT for nationwide distribution, with over 400,000 already reaching beneficiaries in more than 1,200 public schools across the country.

Through the Bayanihan SIM Project, we are proud to stand alongside the DICT in helping make digital access more inclusive so that more Filipinos, wherever they are, can benefit from the opportunities that connectivity creates, said Carl Cruz, President and CEO of Globe.

Globe is supporting the rollout of the Bayanihan SIM Project in communities across the country, from the upland Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Area (GIDA) of Doña Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan, where the initiative was first launched, to underserved communities in Palawan, Lanao del Sur, and South Cotabato.

The initiative benefits public school learners and teachers, as well as eligible Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) households identified through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), helping expand access to education, digital government services, communication platforms, eWallets, and other essential online resources.

Each Bayanihan SIM card comes with 25GB of monthly mobile data, supporting meaningful digital participation for beneficiaries across these communities.

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