{"id":12745,"date":"2014-05-30T15:28:22","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T07:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=12745"},"modified":"2014-05-31T15:40:47","modified_gmt":"2014-05-31T07:40:47","slug":"ntc-rejects-prepaid-loads-no-expiration-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/05\/30\/ntc-rejects-prepaid-loads-no-expiration-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"NTC rejects prepaid load\u2019s \u2018no expiration policy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA \u2013 The National Telecommunications Commission rejects a senator\u2019s proposal to remove the expiration period on prepaid credit\u2019s validity, saying that mobile phone number maintenance in the system and the load of cards entails cost for telecommunication companies (telecos).<\/p>\n

The rejection was made after Senator Ralph Recto filed a bill requiring telecommunication companies to remove expiration on unused prepaid call and text card\u2019s validity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NTC director Edgardo Cabarios said that following a study conducted in 2009, NTC only decided to issue a circular extending the life cards but did not impose a \u201cno expiration policy.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the extension, expiration of P1.00 – P10.00 was made days, instead of 1 day while P50.00 load expires in 15 days, instead of 3 days, and P100.00 load expires in 30 days, instead of 15 days.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Globe Legal Chief Froilan Castelo agrees with Cabarios\u2019 statement saying that there is really a carrying cost in the maintenance of call and text cards in the system.<\/p>\n

He argued that NTC\u2019s earlier order to rationalize the load expiration is already sufficient adding that if a law is approved imposing \u201cno expiration date\u201d on prepaid load, it may cause tremendous cost that may eventually be passed on to subscribers in other forms.<\/p>\n

Castelo \u00a0also compared the system to a system of room rentals where the load cards occupy a space where telcos invest in.<\/p>\n

With reports from ABS-CBN News<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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