Republic of the Philippines pore! 5 AUG 2016
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a
Quezon City -_
SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session
220

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by Rep. Winston “Winnie” Castelo

EXPLANATORY NOTE

When subscribers receive otherwise unsolicited, unnecessary, and unwanted messages or
material/s via text which can be commercial offerings, promotions, advertisements, and
surveys ~ these should constitute undue intrusion into the private space of mobile phone
subscribers and therefore is deemed associated with some unforeseen adverse effects on
quality of life and personal freedom.

Since these spam messages, whether they come from known or unknown sources should
be regulated precisely because the subscribers did not ask for them, then the National
Telecommunication Commission should exercise its disciplinary as well as regulatory
powers over the telecommunication companies that ‘father’ these rather not-too-desirable
and in fact, unwelcome developments.

The vicious and unregulated bombardment of these texts or messages gets in the way of the
free, open, clean and supposedly unobtrusive personal and private use of legitimate mobile
phone subscribers of their units in ways that please, satisfy, and supply their needs and the
costs they paid for in their chosen post-paid or pre-paid plans.

It is never incumbent upon any nefarious source to stand in the way of this freedom of
communication when, without mutual consent or at least the consent of the receiver, any
mobile phone owner or subscriber, just receives any text or any messag k
unknown source unless with due permission or upon the demand <f the receiver fom the
sender of such spam

This bill henceforth seeks to broaden and to grant regulatory fo
effectively ban these unwanted and unsolicited messagp
companies or service providers involved will be meted fines of their franchises be revoked.

ers that will enable NTC td

Thus, the urgent passage of this bill is prayed for.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

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HOUSE BILL NO. 2307

Introduced by Rep. Winston “Winnie” Castelo

AN ACT
GRANTING NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (NTC) DIRECT
REGULATORY POWER TO IMPOSE FINE AND REVOKE FRANCHISE OF ERRING
TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS SERVICE PROVIDER ON
UNSOLICITED OR UNWANTED MESSAGE OR MATERIAL VIA TEXT TO MOBILE
PHONE USER/SUBSRIBER AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Republic of the Philippines
in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the “Mobile Phone User's Freedom Act of
6.”

SEC. 2. Every mobile phone owner, user, and subscriber enjoys the inviolable right
toa free, open, clean, and unobtrusive freedom to use mobile phone unit free of otherwise
unsolicited, unnecessary, and unwanted message or text sent from known or unknown
source for commercial offering, promotion, advertisement, and survey without consent and
permission.

SEC. 3. To effectively carry out the intent of this Act, the National Telecommunication
Commission is hereby authorize to impose fine of P300,000.00 on any telecommunication
company and any of its service providers involved in the violation of this Act and/or the
revocation of its franchise. Further, said agency shall issue appropriate rules, regulations,
and guidelines to the entire industry sector to strictly preclude cases of violation of this Act.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval and publication in the Official
Gazette.

Approved,