Section 3Sec./Art. 3

Definition of Terms.

(a) Mobile phone service provider, service provider or telecommunication company refers to any person, firm or partnership or corporation, government or private, granted a legislative franchise by Congress to provide cellular mobile telephone services to the general public, and issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC);

(b) Mobile cellular phone, mobile phone or cellphone refers to a mobile telecommunication device that uses a combination of radio transmission and conventional telephone switching to permit telephone communication to and from mobile users within a specified area or cell;

(c) Basic mobile phone services refer to short messaging service (SMS) or text messaging and voice call services;

(d) Short messaging service (SMS) refers to a service that allows short, alphanumeric messages to be sent to cellular phone display panels;

(e) Multimedia messaging service (MMS) refers to standard for telephony messaging systems that allows sending messages, including multimedia objects (images, audio, video, rich text), and not just text messages through the short messaging service (SMS); and

(f) Auxiliary mobile phone service refers to balance inquiry, customer support, prepaid reloading services and emergency alerts.