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Telco giants PLDT and Globe are opposing a proposal to require the registration of mobile phone SIM cards, citing the “administrative nightmare” of implementing this on over 100 million local subscriber identity modules (SIM). In a position paper to the House of Representatives, rivals Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) and Globe Telecom Inc., as well as other members of the Philippine Chamber of Telecommunications Operators (PCTO), said they are against the SIM Card Registration Act as proposed under House Bill Nos. 525, 858, 1519, 2444, 2588, and 2624. These bills were filed following a cellphone-triggered bombing that killed 8 people in Cagayan de Oro last July. PCTO had said then that SIM registration is unpractical and ineffective solution against crime since there is no reliable ID system in the Philippines, Salalima stressed.
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