QuestionsQuestions (NTC MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 001-02-2010)
It cites Republic Act No. 7925 (Public Telecommunications Policy Act), Executive Order No. 546 (s. 1979), Act No. 3846 as amended (Radio Control Law), and Memorandum Circular No. 9-8-91 (Guidelines on the sale, purchase, and importation of radio communications equipment).
The sale, purchase, importation, possession, or use of GSM jamming devices is prohibited.
They are radio instruments used to prevent cellular or mobile phones from receiving signals from or transmitting signals to base stations.
To minimize or prevent harmful interference to GSM networks and to maximize and promote the efficient use of the radio frequency spectrum.
It applies to any person, natural or juridical, who sells, purchases, imports, possesses, or uses cellular phone jamming devices.
They shall be dealt with in accordance with law.
Yes. Exemption may be granted to any person on a case-by-case basis and on meritorious reasons, subject to strict conditions to prevent use outside the area to be protected.
The request must be meritorious and evaluated case-by-case; the exemption is subject to strict conditions, especially to prevent use outside the protected area.
Any circular, order, memoranda, or parts thereof inconsistent with the Memorandum Order are deemed repealed or amended accordingly.
It takes effect immediately after publication in a newspaper of general circulation and upon furnishing three (3) certified true copies to the UP Law Center.
It aims to maximize and promote the efficient use of the radio frequency spectrum while preventing harmful interference.
It refers to “GSM jamming devices” and discusses harmful interference to “the GSM Networks.”
Any operational employment of the device to prevent cellular/mobile phones from receiving/transmitting signals to/from base stations, since that is the defined purpose of the instrument.
Importation and possession are prohibited; therefore, importing (and likely possessing) would fall under the ban even without actual use.
It states “meritorious reasons” and requires a case-by-case evaluation, with strict conditions to prevent use outside the area to be protected; it does not enumerate further factors in the text.