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  2. SIM Registration Act - Wikipedia

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    The SIM Registration Act, officially designated as Republic Act No. 11934 and commonly referred to as the SIM card law, is a Philippine law mandating the registration of SIM cards before activation. Under the measure, mobile device users, must register their SIM cards, whether prepaid or postpaid. The law was enacted intending to curb ...

  3. Smart Communications - Wikipedia

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    Smart Communications Inc., commonly referred to as Smart, is a wholly owned wireless communications and digital services subsidiary of PLDT Inc., [1] a telecommunications and digital services provider based in the Philippines. [2] As of November 2023, it is currently the largest mobile network with 55.2 million subscribers.

  4. Telecommunications in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Smart Communications. Smart Communications (Smart) was the first company to enter the liberalised market. In September 1999, PLDT purchased Smart Communications absorbing it as a 100-percent owned subsidiary. Smart was financially supported by First Pacific. This partnership resulted to a rapid construction of Smart's network and more ...

  5. Philippine national identity card - Wikipedia

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    The Philippine Identification System ID ( PhilSys ID ), also known as the Philippine Identification Card ( PhilID; Filipino: Pambansang Pagkakakilanlan) or simply the national ID, is the official national identity card for Filipino citizens worldwide and foreign permanent residents in the Philippines. The document is a significant part of the ...

  6. List of national identity card policies by country - Wikipedia

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    Honduras. Cédula de identidad (national identity card) The Honduran national identity card is an electronic ID card, compulsory for all Honduran nationals at the age of 18. [36] Hong Kong. Hong Kong Identity Card (HKID) Identity cards have been used since 1949, and been compulsory since 1980.

  7. SIM card - Wikipedia

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    The SIM card is designed to prevent someone from getting the K i by using the smart-card interface. Instead, the SIM card provides a function, Run GSM Algorithm, that the phone uses to pass data to the SIM card to be signed with the K i. This, by design, makes using the SIM card mandatory unless the K i can be extracted from the SIM card, or ...

  8. Globe Telecom - Wikipedia

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    Globe Telecom, Inc., commonly shortened as Globe, is a major provider of telecommunications services in the Philippines. The company operates the largest mobile network in the Philippines and one of the largest fixed-line and broadband networks. As of November 2023, Globe has 54.7 million subscribers, making it the second largest network in ...

  9. Universal integrated circuit card - Wikipedia

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    A 25 × 15 mm Vodafone New Zealand SIM card. The universal integrated circuit card ( UICC) is the smart card ( integrated circuit card) used in mobile terminals in 2G ( GSM ), 3G ( UMTS ), 4G ( LTE ), and 5G networks. The UICC ensures the integrity and security of all kinds of personal data, and it typically holds a few hundred kilobytes.