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Pursuant to Republic Act No. 7925 (Public Telecommunications Policy Act), Executive Order No. 546 series of 1979, Act 3846, as amended (Radio Control Law), and Memorandum Circular No. 9-8-91 entitled “Guidelines in the Sale, Purchase and Importation of Various Radio Communications Equipment Intended for Use in Private and Government-Owned Radio Communications Network, and in order to minimize if not prevent harmful interference to the GSM Networks and maximize and promote the efficient use of radio frequency spectrum, the National Telecommunications Commission (the Commission, for brevity) hereby reiterates the following rules:

1. The sale, purchase, importation, possession or use of GSM jamming devices shall be prohibited. Cellular phone jamming devices are radio instruments used to prevent cellular or mobile phones from receiving signals from or transmitting signals to base stations.
   
   
2. Any person, natural or juridical, selling, purchasing, importing, possessing or using cellular phone jamming devices shall be dealt with in accordance with law.
   
   
3. Exemption may be granted to any persons on a case-by-case basis and on meritorious reasons and subject to strict conditions to prevent the use of such devices outside the area to be protected.
   
   
4. Any circular, order, memoranda or parts thereof inconsistent herewith are deemed repealed or amended accordingly.
   
   
5. This Order shall take effect immediately after publication in a newspaper of general circulation and three (3) certified true copies are furnished the UP Law Center.

Adopted: 04 Feb. 2010

(SGD.) GAMALIEL A. CORDOBA
Commissioner
 

(SGD.) JAIME M. FORTES, JR. Deputy Commissioner

(SGD.) DOUGLAS MICHAEL N. MALILLIN Deputy Commissioner