SUSPENSION OF THE EFFECTIVITY OF PARAGRAPH “4” OF MC NO. 03-07-2009, GUIDELINES ON PREPAID LOADS

National Administrative Register [ NTC MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 06-07-2009, July 15, 2009 ]



WHEREAS, Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 03-07-2009 prescribes the validity/expiry periods of prepaid loads;

WHEREAS, paragraph 4 of MC No. 03-07-2009 provides that “For each new
load that is purchased, the amount of the unused loads earlier
purchased that are still within the validity period shall be added to
and accumulate to the new load. The new minimum validity or expiry
period shall be based on the sum of the new load plus the unused load.
For purposes of illustration if for example a subscriber has an unused
load of PhP2.00 and a PhP10.00 new load is purchased, the new validity
or expiry period shall be fifteen (15) days”;

WHEREAS, further consultation with the suppliers of software and
intelligent network platform showed that there is a need for sufficient
time for hardware acquisition, software development, testing and
deployment;

WHEREFORE, premises considered, the Commission hereby suspends the
implementation of Paragraph “4” of MC No. 03-07-2009 until further
notice.

This Memorandum Order shall take effect immediately.

Adopted: 15 July 2009

(SGD.) RUEL V. CANOBAS
Commissioner
(SGD.) JAIME M. FORTES, JR.
Deputy Commissioner
(SGD.) DOUGLAS MICHAEL N. MALLILLIN
Deputy Commissioner