📋 Tender Overview
Its lamentable that only 49.31 of the 168 million subscribers have complied with the law. Were hoping that in the next 90 days the 100 target registration will be met.A big question is why the number of people obeying this law is low. Based on the information I have gathered the process is not user-friendly for prepaid subscribers while many also complain about the lack of internet connection or the inaccessibility of the registration sites which becomes an obstacle to their registration.In the next 90 days telcos should undertake the necessary actions to make the registration procedure fuss-free. No amount of information dissemination will work if the mobile network carriers will not address the concerns of the general public.Pundits will always have their say against this law but the majority will agree with me that the benefits of registered SIM outweigh the perceived threats or danger to peoples lives and public order. From the time RA 11934 was signed into law in October last year the number of spam and scam text messages received daily by every mobile phone subscriber myself included reduced significantly or was almost nil.The purpose of enacting this law is to deter illegal acts aided by SMS technology and help law enforcers track down the perpetrators. Only the privacy of criminals will be compromised by the SIM registration law. No one will be able to cheat on texts because they will be able to register the SIM.
