Mobile phone ‘load’ expiry extended
Posted by Rizza | Posted in General | Posted on 16-07-2009
Tags: cellular phone, credits, expiry, load, NTC, shelf life, text spam
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In reaction to the uproar over “disappearing loads” caused by Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) announced on Tuesday that starting on July 19, the shelf life of cellular phone credits will be “tripled”. Prepaid load of P10 or less will be extended to three (3) days and the load of more than P300 will be stretched to four (4) months. NTC likewise announced that effective July 23, unsolicited or promotional text messages would be prohibited.
The expiry of mobile phone credits of P10 to P50 will be extended from two days to five days to fifteen days; more than P50 to P100, 30 days; more than P100 to P250, 60 days; more than P250 to P300, 75 days. Sen. Mar Roxas who presided over the hearings on desappearing cell phone loads said that, “With this, our money will no longer disappear as if they just evaporated or expired. This is a good output of the hearings.”
