Vanishing Load — Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile Charges NTC With Complicity in Abetting a Cartelized Monopoly of Cellphone Business

24 June 2009

In today's hearing of the vanishing load scandal, Senator Juan Ponce Enrile went all out in declaring that the cellphone industry is a cartelized business and that government regulators are in collusion with industry players.  

In berating officials of the NTC, he added that "they [meaning the cellphone companies] are exacting monopolized profits out of it and you're abetting it."  

At one point in the hearing, the Senate president blurted out that if he were President of the Philippines, he would fire the NTC official for saying that they were powerless to act on complaints against the cellphone companies.

We second the motion!  I-fire na agad!

More on this story in this report by Ruth Cabal courtesy of GMANews.tv:

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Five Senators Probe "Vanishing Load" Phenomenon, Scold Telco Representatives — Senator Enrile Uses Default Ringtone

16 June 2009

In today's historic hearing of the vanishing load phenomenon, five senators took up the cudgels for the Filipino consumer when they took turns scolding telephone company officials who attended the probe. The five senators who attended the investigation were Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile, Mar Roxas, Richard Gordon, Joker Arroyo and Bong Revilla.

At one point during the hearing, a female executive of Globe Telecom disclosed that the vanishing load of Senator Enrile was caused by the fact that his account was subscribed to ringstone downloads.  The Senate President angrily disputed this by demonstrating that his cellphone uses a default ringtone.  The senators present were one in giving warning to the telecom operators to stop their questionable practices otherwise, they risk facing a review of their franchises.  

More on this story in this GMANews.tv article and in this News on Q report by Ivan Mayrina:

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Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile Says "Maybe A Ghost Was Stealing My Load," — Pushes for an Inquiry Against Telcos on Instantly Vanishing Load

4 June 2009

No less than Senate President Juan Ponce has experienced losing cellphone load twice totaling P544.00.

"Why is this being done?  I'd like to know.  Maybe a ghost is stealing my load," asks the Senate President who wants the Senate to investigate the issue.  This has prompted the National Telecommunications Commission to issue a stern warning to telcos to stop this pernicious phenomenon.

Here's the ABS-CBN report by Zen Hernandez via kyte.tv:

The contact nos. of the NTC's One Stop Public Assistance Center, as given by Zen Hernandez, are:

921-3251

926-7722

These are the contact nos. given in the NTC's website:

One Stop Public Assistance Center
	Froilan Jamias
	926-7722 / 436-7722
	ospac@ntc.gov.ph

Nawawalang cellphone load, abuso 'to sa mga consumers na dapat ay mawakasan na!  

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