Paragraphs 5, 6 and 8 of Memorandum Order No. 3-11-2005 and paragraph 7 of Memorandum Order No. 03-11-2005A are hereby amended to read as follows:

 

5. Each VoIP service provider shall post a performance bond in the amount of five million pesos (PhP5,000,000.00) to guarantee the delivery of VoIP service to the public. VoIP resellers shall likewise post a performance bond in the amount of one million pesos (PhP1,000,000.00). The performance bond shall be from a reputable insurance or surety company duly registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and accredited by the Insurance Commission (IC), and preferably from the Government Service Insurance System.

 

The performance bond shall be for the duration of the validity of the certificate of registration as a VoIP service provider or reseller. These entities shall at all time be covered by a performance bond. The performance bond shall be forfeited in favor of the government in the event that these entities fail to deliver VoIP service pursuant to NTC rules and regulations.

 

6. Each registered/authorized VoIP service provider shall be assigned VoIP service prefix œ08xx . Only user/customer/subscriber with assigned VoIP subscriber number shall be allowed to originate and/or receive VoIP calls/ traffic.

 

7. Only authorized public telecommunications entities (PTE) and duly registered VoIP service provider shall be allowed to offer VoIP service using œ1-800  service. Each PTE and registered VoIP service provider offering this type of service shall be assigned access telephone number œ1801-xxx-yyyy . Code œyyyy  shall be assigned by the local access network provider or PTE to duly registered VoIP service providers and to other PTEs without local exchange facilities. Code œxxx  shall be assigned to duly authorized local access network providers as follows:

                                                                                                                                                               

CODE	LOCAL ACCESS NETWORK PROVIDER
100-199	PAPTELCO Members
200	Bayan Telecommunications, Inc.
201	Bell Telecommunications Philippines, Inc.
202	Digitel Mobile Philippines, Inc.
203	Digital Telecommunications Philippines, Inc.
204	Innove Communications Inc.
205	Philcom corporation
206	Philippine Long Distance Telephone Inc., Inc.
207	Pilipino Telephone corporation
208	Telecommunications Technologies, Phils. Inc.
209	Telecommunications Office (CICT)
210	Philippine Telegraph & Telephone Corporation
211	Multimedia Telephony, inc.
302	Express Telecommunications, Inc.
303	Globe Telecom, Inc.
306	Smart Communications, Inc.
400-404	3G Network Operators
500-520	Other authorized local access network providers

The PTE and duly registered VoIP service provider offering VoIP service using the œ1-800  service shall negotiate interconnection agreements with the local access network provider.

 

8. All VoIP calls/traffic, outgoing and incoming, shall pass through duly registered/authorized VoIP service providers.

 

These guidelines shall take effect immediately.

Adopted: 17 Jan. 2006

                                   

(SGD.) RONALDO OLIVAR SOLIS
Commissioner
(SGD.) JORGE V. SARMIENTO	(SGD.) JAIME M. FORTES, JR.
Deputy Commissioner	Deputy Commissioner