GLOBE & SMART Begins Compliance to One-Year PREPAID LOAD VALIDITY
Good news for all of us prepaid mobile subscribers!
The country's two telco operators finally start compliance with the NTC memo to extend the validity of prepaid loads to one year.
Thankfully, Globe and Smart will start adhering with NTC’s Memorandum Circular No. 03-07-2009 Guidelines on Prepaid Loads.
As per DICT's official announcement:
[UPDATED, 5 January, 2018]
Initially, only prepaid loads 300 pesos and up will be valid for a year. After 6 months, all prepaid loads regardless of amount will be valid for the whole year.
In order to avoid any public inconvenience, the DICT has given telcos a 6-month grace period to adjust their systems to the one-year extension of prepaid load validity. However, loads of P300 and higher made after January 5 will be already valid for one year.
This grace period, starting January 5, was allowed to prevent telcos’ systems from crashing if changes are made abruptly, which may cause serious damage to the industry and disturb the consuming public.
NTC was instructed to closely monitor and address all complaints of prepaid loads being eaten up before the present expiration periods lapsed during the adjustment period.
Took long than necessary but, a victory nonetheless, for all of us prepaid mobile subscribers.
