SIM card registration

i wound up making an online appointment with the smart store in robinson's mall and, upon arrival, i was happy to see a sim registration desk at the entrance so i had two smart sims registered; one for my fone and one for my modem. the smart rep used the non-tourist category so evidently, the registration app has been updated.

the rep registered me on her tablet and since one of my sims is for a modem, i had to put that sim in my fone in order to get the one time password (OTP). if done at home online with the unregistered sim in my modem, the OTP would of been sent to my modem dashboard.

 

Saw this news today,

MANILA, Philippines — An extension of the April 26 deadline for SIM registration may become necessary with only 25 percent of subscribers so far enlisted, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said.
“The DICT is looking at the possibility of an extension,” Lamentillo said. “The DICT has the prerogative to extend the SIM registration process for another 120 days and we’re still deliberating on the matter. Now we’re focused on increasing the number of registrants before the April 26 deadline.”
As of March 7, the NTC reported that just 24.54 percent, or 41.47 million, of the 169.98 million SIMs across the Philippines were registered with their telco providers. With less than 50 days to go before April 26, the government has to register roughly three million a day to meet the initial deadline.

 

I tried a couple times to register my smart sim online, got the usual glitches... Went to Ayala in Cebu (there for other biz) and found the same kiosk outside the office as someone found at Robinsons, clerk registered the sim in 10 min. Expats should bring home passport and visa, clerk will ask you for whatever, easy....

 

Has anybody on the forum registered a foreign SIM, i have a UK Vodafone SIM which connects here on the smart network and on the registration site it asks you to put in your number so they can send a PIN but there seems to be no option to change the country code from +63 to +44 ?

 

You don't need to register a foreign sim, see here:
https://dumagueteinfo.com/board/threads/sim-card-registration.74665/page-9#post-259280

 

i purchased a slew of smart rocket sim cards several months before the sim card registration thing was announced. i thot the rocket sims were a good deal for ₱495/ 30 days, unli data and no throttling. i use them in my pc modem.

all was good until the sim registration thing appeared on the scene forcing me to register a new sim every 30 days.
i've registered 5 sims so far and not one of them went smoothly, i spent more than an hour, doing several process restarts, on the last one due to slow on-line app response and fill in the blank fields not being active.

however, something to look forward to...
on 4 april, smart posted the following in my modem sms; ''COMING SOON: AN EASIER way of registering your SIM in the App.''

i assume ''App'' means using a cell/mobile fone but what about sims installed in modems?

 

The supreme court of the Philippines has been asked to declare the sim registration act unconstitutional.
We'll see (I don't have high hopes they'll actually do that).

So far, DICT (the department in charge) keeps saying there will be no extension of the registration period.
They may change their mind though (which I think they will).

 

This would be AMAZING for those of us who have registered. Image the internet speed without all the neighbors on FB, Tic toc or whatever the new trend is.