SIM REGISTRATION. A mobile user was assisted by a Smart Telecommunications personnel through the SIM card registration process at the Smart store in SM City Davao on Monday (Jan. 16, 2023). To date, over 20 million mobile users in the country have registered their SIM cards since the program began on Dec. 27, 2022.(PNA photo by Robinson Ninal Jr.) MANILA - Over 20 million subscriber identity module (SIM) cards have so far been registered with the country's major telecommunication companies, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) reported on Monday. In a statement, DICT Spokesperson, Undersecretary Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo, said a total of 20,551,294 or 12.16 percent of the 168,977,773 active mobile subscribers in the country have been registered since the start of the SIM card registration law implementation on Dec. 27, 2022. Smart has so far registered 10,041,791 SIM cards or 14.77 of its 67,995,734 subscribers, DITO with 1,744,935 or 13.31 percent of its