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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION NTC Building, BIR Road, East Triangle, Diliman, Quezon City

Email: [email protected] website: www.ntc.gov.ph

MEMORANDUM ORDER No. 014-09-2023

SUBJECT: GUIDELINES IN THE GRANTING OF GENERAL AMNESTY FOR UNREGISTERED RADIO EQUIPMENT

In the interest of the service and pursuant to this Commission's thrust to abate the proliferation of unregistered radio equipment; recognizing the importance of amateur radio equipment, unlicensed as they are at the moment, in times of calamities such as post-typhoon or post- calamity communications when fixed communications infrastructure are down; and in order to afford the owners/possessors/users thereof an opportunity to comply with existing rules and regulations, the Commission hereby issues the guidelines for the registration of unregistered radio equipment under the radio services mentioned hereof.

1. This Order shall apply only to:

a. Land Mobile Radio Service (Civic Action Groups/Private Radio

Networks to include privately owned and government owned stations

excluding Broadcast and Telecommunications)

b. Amateur Radio Services

2. The subsequent licensing of all radio equipment to be registered under and pursuant to this Order shall be in accordance with existing rules and regulations and the usual licensing procedures.

3.

Registration Period:

November 03 to 29, 2023

Registration Fees:

All NTC Regional Offices

TYPE OF EQUIPMENT

FEES

a. VHF and UHF Radio Equipment

PHP 300.00

PHP 500.00

PHP 500.00

• Portable • Mobile/Base

b. HF Radio Equipment

• Low Power (below 50 watts)

⚫ Medium Power (50-500 watts) ⚫ High Power (above 500 watts)

PHP 500.00 PHP 500.00

a. VHF/UHF Repeater

PHP 500.00

5. Operation of amateur radio equipment shall be authorized only within the amateur radio frequency channel/bands. However, radio equipment with expanded frequency band may be registered and licensed not beyond December 31, 2023. After this period, no amateur radio operator certificate/station license shall be renewed without radio equipment having been replaced and fixed to a non-expandable radio equipment.

6. Expired Radio Station License (RSL) for more than five (5) years issued to Civic Action Groups/Private Radio Networks to include privately owned and government owned stations, Amateur Radio Operator Certificate/Station License (ROC/RSL) shall be allowed to renew without penalties. However, an applicant shall pay arrears equivalent to license fee for every year a fraction of a year that the license has expired.

7.

Radio equipment which are not type-approved/accepted for commercial band and are being used in Civic Action Groups/Private Radio Networks to include privately owned and government owned stations, are hereby allowed to be registered and be issued a Radio Station License but not beyond June 30, 2024. After this period, no radio station license shall be renewed without this radio equipment having been replaced to a commercially type-approved/accepted unit

8. Registrants and/or applicants shall only be accepted in all NTC Regional Offices or during their Mobile Licensing Activities.

9. The registration of the above radio equipment shall not be construed as an authority to construct and/or operate the same without the corresponding permit/license. Any violation pertaining to the use of such registered equipment including its use by persons other than the registrant shall be ground for appropriate administrative sanctions and/or fines and penalties as may be imposed by this Commission.

10.

All the radio equipment registered under this Memorandum Order shall be at the

accountability of the registrant. 11. All licenses which have been revoked by the final decision of the Commission are

excluded from the amnesty program. 12. The Commission reserves the right to reject the registration of any radio equipment if

and warranted under the circumstances in the interest of the public.

13. No succeeding General Amnesty or any amnesty shall be granted by this Commission within the next five (5) years from November 30, 2023.

14. This Order supersedes other Memoranda and Orders inconsistent herewith.

Issued this 22 day of September 2023 at Quezon City, Philippines.

ELLA BLANCA B LOPEZ Commissioner

ALVIN BERNARD N. BLANCO Deputy Commissione

JON PAULOV SALVAHAN Deputy Commissioner

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Form attached.