Cont...part 2 of GUIDELINES ON PREPAID LOADS

3. Public telecommunications entities may offer longer validity or
expiry period for
prepaid loads.
4. 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.
5. Access to balance inquiry service through text messages shall be
free of charge.
6. Violation of any of the provisions of this
Circular shall be a ground for the imposition of fines and other
appropriate penalties in accordance with law.
7. Any
circular, order, memoranda or parts thereof inconsistent herewith are
deemed repealed or amended accordingly.
8. This
Circular shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication in a
newspaper of general circulation and three (3) certified true copies
furnished the University of
the Philippines (UP) Law Center.
Quezon City, Philippines 03 July 2009.
RUEL V. CANOBAS
Commissioner
JAIME M. FORTES, JR.
DOUGLAS MICHAEL N. MALLILLIN

Deputy Commissioner