NTC MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 03-11-2005B, January 17, 2006

[ NTC MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 03-11-2005B, January 17, 2006 ]

AMENDMENT TO MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 03-11-2005 AND MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 03-11-2005A

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 “08xx”. 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 “1-800” service. Each PTE and registered VoIP service provider offering this type of service shall be assigned access telephone number “1801-xxx-yyyy”. Code “yyyy” 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 “xxx” 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 “1-800” 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