Cong. Lord Allan Jay Q. Velasco
REPOST FROM BUSINESS MIRROR, AUG. 27, 2012
FERNAN MARASIGAN /REPORTER
SAYING that monthly billing report leaves room for the big telecommunications companies to possibly carry out insidious machinations to beef up their profits or indirectly transfer to the consumers the dues that they themselves should pay, a legislator wants cellular-telephone service providers to provide individual end-users, postpaid and prepaid, a daily customer billing report.
In House Bill 6335, Lakas-Kampi-CMD Rep. Lord Allan Jay Velasco of Marinduque wants to mandate all telecommunications companies to provide individual end-users—post-paid and prepaid—a customer billing report on a daily basis which shall include the number of calls made, number of text messages made, average and maximum call length, summary of cost of each call or message made and total cost payable for the day.
The report shall be delivered through short-messaging service (SMS) form to the individual end-users by their respective service providers.
“In doing so, this will protect the welfare of end-users and shield them from deceptive, unfair and unconscionable acts and practices,” said Velasco.
In filing the bill, Velasco cited the declared policy of the State which recognizes the ubiquity of cellular communications use, as well as its impact on the social, economic and even political aspects of the nation.
“The State also recognizes the need to protect the welfare of each end-user as consumers, shield them from deceptive, unfair and unconscionable acts and practices, provide information and education to facilitate sound choices and the proper exercise of rights by the consumers,” Velasco said.
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