Standard Rates, Tolls, Fees and Charges For TELOF Services, Properties and Facilities, as Amended
The CICT Memorandum Circular No. 01-04, issued on September 14, 2004, outlines the standard rates, tolls, fees, and charges for services provided by the Telecommunications Office (TELOF). It includes detailed pricing for residential and business telephone services, electronic messaging, money transfers, public calling office rates, and community e-center services. Additionally, it establishes guidelines for lease, rental, and advertising charges, while also allowing for adjustments of up to 20% to the prescribed rates by the Assistant Secretary to accommodate market changes. The circular mandates publication in two newspapers for effectiveness and supersedes any inconsistent prior issuances.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- CICT Memorandum Circular No. 01-04
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Other Rules and Procedures
- Subcategory
- Telecommunications Industry
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
September 14, 2004
CICT MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 01-04
SUBJECT : Standard Rates, Tolls, Fees and Charges For TELOF Services, Properties and Facilities, as Amended
Pursuant to Memorandum Circular No. 121 of the Office of the President dated November 2, 1990 and Department Order No. 66-90 dated November 29, 1990 directing all departments, agencies, . . ., to revise their fees and charges at just and reasonable rates sufficient to cover administrative costs, the following rates, tolls, fees and charges and the corresponding rules and regulations therefor are hereby prescribed for services, use of properties and facilities of the Telecommunications Office (TELOF).
I. APPLICABILITY
The rates, tolls, fees and charges prescribed hereunder shall apply to services, use of properties and facilities under the management, supervision and control of TELOF.
II. TELEPHONE SERVICES NEW RATE (in PhP)
| II. | TELEPHONE SERVICES |
NEW RATE (in PhP)
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| A. | One Time Charges |
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| 1. | Residential |
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| • | Installation charge |
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| Cash |
800.00
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| • | Installment (Payable in one (1) year) |
1,000.00
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| • | One month Deposit |
250.00
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| • | Telephone set (See Item A, Article X) |
FREE
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| • | Type Approval Fee |
150.00
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| • | Testing Fee (in case not type approved) |
50.00
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| 2. | Business |
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| • | Installation charge |
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| Cash |
800.00
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| Installment |
1,000.00
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| • | One month Deposit |
420.00
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| • | Telephone set (See Item A, Article X) |
FREE
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| • | Type Approval Fee |
150.00
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| • | Testing Fee (in case not type approved) |
50.00
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| 3. | Guarantee Deposit |
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| • | For National Direct Dialing |
1,500.00
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| • | For International Direct Dialing |
3,000.00
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| B. | Monthly Charges |
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| 1. | Residential (exclusive of 10% VAT) |
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| • | Monthly Rental |
250.00
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| • | First Extension Line |
100.00
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| • | Additional Extension per set |
50.00
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| 2. | Business (exclusive of 10% VAT) |
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| • | Monthly Rental |
420.00
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| • | First Extension Line |
150.00
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| • | Additional Extension per set |
50.00
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| 3. | Unlisted Number |
50.00/mo.
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| C. | Other Charges |
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| 1. | Line Transfer |
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| • | Residential |
120.00
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| • | Business |
150.00
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| 2. | Reconnection Fee |
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| • | Residential |
125.00
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| • | Business |
210.00
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| 3. | Special Services (Call Waiting, |
50.00/service
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| Call Forwarding, etc.) |
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| 4. | Transfer |
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| • | Inside Move |
120.00
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| • | Outside Move |
200.00
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| • | Re-routing |
140.00
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| 5. | Excess Drop wire |
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| • | Per meter charge after 3 poles (150 m.) |
10.00
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| 6. | Change Number |
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| • | Residential |
100.00
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| • | Business |
150.00
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| • | Special Number |
500.00/mo.
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| 7. | Service Reclassification |
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| • | Residence to Business |
100.00
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| • | Business to Residence |
100.00
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| 8. | Long Distance Charges (exclusive of 10% VAT) |
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| a. | Domestic |
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| • | Landline to Landline |
4.50/min.
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| • | Landline to Cellular |
10.00/min.
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| b. | International | same as per minute charge |
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| imposed by the international |
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| carrier |
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| III. | PUBLIC CALLING OFFICE (PCO) |
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| A. | Landline to Landline (exclusive of 10% VAT) |
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| • | Regular call |
4.50/min.
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| • | Appointment call |
4.50/min.
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plus service
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charge of
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P20.00 per
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call
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| B. | Landline to Cellular (exclusive of 10% VAT) |
10.00/min.
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| IV. | ELECTRONIC MESSAGING SYSTEM AND MONEY TRANSFER |
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| A. | Kinds of Electronic Messages |
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| 1. | Standard Messages |
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| • | First 10 words or less |
24.00
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| • | For each additional word |
2.40
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| 2. | Intra-City Messages |
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| • | First 20 words or less |
20.00
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| • | For each additional word |
0.50
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| 3. | Coded or Mixed Language |
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| • | First 10 words or less |
30.00
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| • | For each additional word |
3.00
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| B. | Electronic Money Transfer |
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| • | Up to P1,000.00 |
5% of the total
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amount to be sent
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| • | Over P1,001.00 to P3,000.00 |
4% of the total
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amount to be sent
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| • | Over P3,001.00 to P10,000.00 |
3% of the total
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amount to be sent
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| C. | Social Messages |
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| a) | To be delivered within the city or |
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| municipality where the social message |
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| is filed: |
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| • | Using TELOF code |
10.00
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| • | Using customers' words |
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| – First 20 words or less |
10.00
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| – For each additional word |
0.25
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| b) | To be transmitted and delivered outside |
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| the city or municipality where the social |
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| message is filed: |
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| • | Using TELOF code |
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| – Flat rate excluding form/no add'l. word |
15.00
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| • | Using customers' words |
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| – First 20 words or less |
15.00
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| – For each additional word |
1.00
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| 2. | Social Form |
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| D. | FAX Services |
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| 1. | National |
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| • | First page |
26.00
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| • | For succeeding page |
22.00
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| 2. | Intra-City |
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| • | First page |
15.00
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| • | For succeeding page |
11.00
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| E. | Code Address |
100.00
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| V. | COMMUNITY e-CENTER SERVICES |
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| A. | Internet Access |
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| 1. | Dial-up |
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| a) | Corporate |
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| • | Consumable up to 30 hours |
600.00/mo.
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| • | Per minute charge in excess of 30 hrs |
0.80
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| b) | Personal |
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| • | Consumable up to 30 hrs |
450.00/mo.
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| • | Per minute charge in excess of 30 hrs |
0.50
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| 2. | Digital Subscriber line (DSL) |
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| • | For 128 Kbps |
2,500.00/mo.
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| • | For 256 Kbps |
4,000.00/mo.
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| • | For 512 Kbps |
8,000.00/mo.
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| 3. | Use of Workstation (PC) in e-Center |
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| • | All services, i.e. Internet/Surf/Browse/ |
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| e-mail/Typing/Encoding |
0.35/minute
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| B. | Printing, Photo Copying and Scanning Services |
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| 1. | Printing |
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| a) | Black & White Printout |
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| • | Pure text only |
6.00/page
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| • | Text with 1/4 page graphics |
10.00/page
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| • | Text with 1/2 page graphics |
17.00/page
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| • | Full page graphics |
25.00/page
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| b) | Color Printout |
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| Letter Size (8 1/2 x 11) Bond Paper |
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| • | Pure text only |
14.00/page
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| • | Text with 1/4 page graphics |
20.00/page
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| • | Text with 1/2 page graphics |
30.00/page
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| • | Full page graphics |
40.00/page
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| A-4 Size Bond Paper |
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| • | Pure text only |
16.00/page
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| • | Text with 1/4 page graphics |
22.00/page
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| • | Text with 1/2 page graphics |
32.00/page
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| • | Full page graphics |
42.00/page
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| Legal Size Bond Paper |
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| • | Pure text only |
10.00/page
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| • | Text with 1/4 page graphics |
25.00/page
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| • | Text with 1/2 page graphics |
35.00/page
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| • | Full page graphics |
45.00/page
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| 2. | Photo Copying |
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| a) | Normal Copy |
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| • | Letter Size (Short) |
0.50/page
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| • | Legal Size (Long) |
1.00/page
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| • | A-4 Size |
0.50/page
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| • | A-3 Size |
5.00/page
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| b) | Enlarge or Reduce Copy |
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| • | Full Text |
10.00/page
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| • | Text with Graphics |
20.00/page
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| • | Full Graphics |
30.00/page
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| 3. | Scanning |
25.00/pc.
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| VI. | LEASE, RENTAL AND COLLOCATION |
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| A. | Collocation of Equipment |
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| • | Inside Building |
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| • | Telephone Exchange Building |
2,500.00/sq.m.
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| • | Relay Station Building |
2,000.00/sq.m.
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| • | Utility Charges |
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| • | ACU |
250.00/sq.m.
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| • | Building Maintenance Charge |
250.00/sq.m.
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| • | Outside Building |
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| • | Equipment Space |
250.00/sq.m.
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| • | Site Maintenance Charge |
250.00/sq.m.
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| Note: Collocator shall provide a separate meter for all power requirements. |
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| B. | Collocation of Antenna (Minimum Rate) | ||
| @ ground level to 50% of tower ht. (mid section) | 7,500.00/m./antenna | ||
| dia. or area/antenna/mo./ | |||
| or as per highest bid | |||
| @ 50% (mid) to 75% of tower ht. | 11,250.00/m/antenna dia. | ||
| or area/antenna/mo./or as | |||
| per highest bid | |||
| @ 75% to 90% of tower ht. | 13,500.00/m./antenna dia. | ||
| or area/antenna/mo./or as | |||
| per highest bid | |||
| @ 90% to top level of tower ht. | 15,000.00/m/antenna dia./ | ||
| or area/antenna/mo./or as | |||
| per highest bid | |||
| C. | Lot Rental | 10% of the fair market value | |
| D. | Joint Pole Use | Prevailing market rate |
| VII. | LINE ACCESS AND EXTENSION | |||||
| A. | Mobile Trunk Radio System | |||||
| 1) | Non-recurring Charges | |||||
| a) | Programming per talk group | |||||
| • | Portable | 1,500.00/unit | ||||
| • | Mobile | 2,000.00/unit | ||||
| • | Base | 2,000.00/unit | ||||
| b) | Access per talk group | |||||
| • | Portable | 1,500.00/unit | ||||
| • | Mobile | 2,000.00/unit | ||||
| • | Base | 2,000.00/unit | ||||
| 2) | Recurring Charges | |||||
| a) | Installation (Labor only) | |||||
| • | Portable | Not applicable | ||||
| • | Mobile | 500.00/unit | ||||
| • | Base | 800.00/unit | ||||
| b) | Access per talk group | |||||
| • | Portable | 300.00/mo. | ||||
| • | Mobile | 400.00/mo. | ||||
| • | Base | 400.00/mo. | ||||
| VIII. | ADVERTISING | |||||
| A. | Telephone Directory | |||||
| • | 1/4 page | 7,500.00/year | ||||
| • | 1/2 page | 15,000.00/year | ||||
| • | 1 whole page | 30,000.00/year | ||||
| B. | Billboards | 40.00 per ft 2/mo. of | ||||
| the display area/or | ||||||
| as per highest bid * | ||||||
| * | Structure and advertising material to be provided by the Client. | |||||
| IX. | FOOD SERVICE | |||||
| • | Central Office | 120.00/sq. meter/mo. | ||||
| or as per highest bid | ||||||
| • | Regional Office | 50.00/sq. meter/month | ||||
| or as per highest bid |
X. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
A. 1 & 2. The telephone set is free of charge provided the subscriber commits to avail of telephone services for a minimum period of two (2) years as indicated in the service agreement. In case the subscriber opts to pre-terminate the agreement, a pre-termination charge of P5,000.00 shall be imposed. HEScID
B. Lease, rental, collocation and billboard advertising shall be for a minimum period of one (1) year. In case of pre-termination, the balance for the one (1) year lease, rental, collocation and billboard advertising shall be paid in full.
C. To compensate for rapid market changes, the Assistant Secretary is hereby authorized to adjust the rates and charges listed herein subject to the following conditions:
• The adjustments shall be no more than 20% of the rates herein approved;
• The rates approved herein including the differential adjustments and promos are all subject to the usual accounting and auditing rules and regulations;
• A copy of the rates adjustment shall be forwarded to the Office of the Chairman, CICT for confirmation;
• If no modifications are made within one month after submission, the same shall be implemented as planned.
D. Issuances pertaining to the similar rates, fees, tolls and charges which are inconsistent with this Circular are hereby superseded, amended or modified accordingly. ICASEH
E. This Circular shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks.
(SGD.) DELIA R. HOY-GANADENAssistant Secretary
Approved:
(SGD.) VIRGILIO L. PENAChairman
Published in The Manila Times on October 1 & 7, 2004.
Cite This Law
Standard Rates, Tolls, Fees and Charges For TELOF Services, Properties and Facilities, as Amended, CICT Memorandum Circular No. 01-04, Sep 14, 2004 (Philippines)
Standard Rates, Tolls, Fees and Charges For TELOF Services, Properties and Facilities, as Amended, CICT Memorandum Circular No. 01-04 (Phil. 2004)
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