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Indonesia reports 9.3 million biometric SIM registrations

Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs reported 9.3 million biometric SIM registrations since January as of mid-July 2026, after facial verification became mandatory on July 1.

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  • The ministry recorded 9.3 million registrations since January as of mid-July 2026.
  • Monthly volumes accelerated from 760,000 in May to 4.6 million through July 19.
  • The scheme became mandatory on July 1 after a six-month voluntary phase; the total counts registrations rather than unique individuals.

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SIM registration is becoming one of the largest-volume civil applications of face verification, ahead of most banking or border deployments by raw throughput. The accelerating monthly figures suggest the mandatory phase, not the voluntary one, is what drives adoption.

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