Some 45.86 million SIMs have been registered as of March 15, the Department of Information and Communications Technology said on Friday, over a month before the registration closes.
The official said they would be able to see the total number of “legitimate” number of SIM users once the registration process ends. Many SIM cards, she noted, were used for crime-related activities such as kidnapping and scams. When asked why there are still spam messages, she said people behind these are working double time as the end of the SIM registration process neared.