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Camarines Sur Rep. and National Unity Party (NUP) president LRay Villafuerte is reminding mobile phone users of the country’s estimated 150 million Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards to register their cellphone numbers within the deadline to avoid the automatic deactivation of their SIM numbers. Villafuerte at the same time expressed the hope that the Department of […]
Senator Win Gatchalian underscores the importance of a SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card registration law as a way of going after perpetrators of fake messages sent to mobile phones in relation to the Taal Volcano eruption. Gatchalian pointed out how the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) repeatedly flagged the spread of false and unverified […]
Senator Win Gatchalian is urging the Department of Education (DepEd) to make responsible social media use a key component in mental health programs for schools, noting that increased smartphone and social media use has been linked to depression and anxiety among children and adolescents. In a news report, Dr. Cornelio Banaag, Jr. of the Medical […]
Senator Win Gatchalian lauded the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) for drafting a “consumer-friendly” implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for the Mobile Number Portability Act (MNPA). Gatchalian particularly noted that the IRR of the new law, which allows mobile phone users to retain their numbers for life even when they switch service providers, has specified the […]
The Senate Subcommittee on the Network Freedom Act chaired by Senator Win Gatchalian has begun the process of ironing out the details of Senate Bill 1643, which seeks to regulate the locking of mobile wireless devices to specific telecommunications (telcos) networks. Section 4 of the Network Freedom Act Now prohibits telcos networks or other retailers […]