From: 0905 308 6158 Date Received: March 03, 2013 Network Received: Globe Prepaid Message: Sa ALAY BUHAY negosyo ang alay. Negosyong magpapaunlad sa inyong buhay. IBOTO MULI: #22 ALAY BUHAY PARTYLIST! Threat Level: High. The problem with the Philippine electorate is that it’s too easily fooled – proof of this is the year in year [...]
The NTC has declared a ban on the sale/use of devices that can be utilized for SMS broadcasts, hoping that political parties don’t utilize telco services in their black propaganda campaigns (and partially, to hinder scammers/spammers from sending out spam). Troll: Dear NTC – this ban of yours won’t do shit. First of all, it’s [...]
Troll: This despicable thing was bound to happen with the onset of the elections: SMS take down campaigns that is sent en-mass to the prepaid subscribers of Smart/Globe/Sun. The bad thing is that this dirty trick is really hard to trace – and if the telcos or the government do find the parties involved, prosecuting [...]
Our dear regulator will push congress for the NTC Reorganization Bill that hopes to update the pitifully low penalties that can be slapped on the telcos for substandard services. Note that the said bill has been floating in limbo for so many years already (since 2001, makes you wonder about our senators and congressmen and [...]
Representative Rufus Rodriguez of Cagayan de Oro wants some questions answered – Rufus wants to clarify things on the PLDT-Supreme Court-Foreign Ownership brouhaha. And so Rufus filed House resolution 2990 that urges the Committee on Trade and Industry to find out if we need a law that will balance two things: the attractiveness of the [...]
JV wants stiffer penalties for telcos that deliver subpar services! The good representative of San Juan has pointed out that the NTC is still using 1936 Commonwealth era statutes that are not in line with the times. A case in point: JV cites Section 21 of Commonwealth Act 146 which prescribes a penalty of no [...]
Anakpawis has joined the fray and has urged the NTC to force the telcos to immediately refund subscribers for overcharged, regular, off-net SMS! The Backstory That You Will Read About Over and Over Again: the NTC has ordered a reduction in the interconnection fees of off-net SMS by 20 centavos – thus, a regular SMS [...]
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