Section 3Sec./Art. 3

Definition of Terms. -As used in this Act:

(a)End-userrefers to any existing subscriber or any individual or juridical entity which purchases a SIM from the public telecommunications entities (PTEs), its agents, resellers or any entity;

(b)Postpaid subscriptionrefers to the subscription wherein service is provided by virtue of a prior arrangement with a public telecommunications entity, and the end-user thereof is billed at the end of the monthly billing cycle according to the use of mobile service;

(c)Prepaid subscriptionrefers to the subscription wherein credit is purchased in advanced of service use. The purchased credit is used to pay for mobile phone services at the point the service is accessed or consumed. If there is no available credit, then access to the requested service is denied;

(d)Public Telecommunications EntityorPTErefers to any person, natural or juridical, government or private, engaged in the provision of telecommunications services to the public for compensation, as defined under Republic Act No. 7925, as amended, or the Public Telecommunications Policy Act of the Philippines;

(e)Resellerrefers to a person, natural or juridical, who dispenses or sells a SIM to an end-user;

(f)SIMrefers to a Subscriber Identity Module which is an embedded circuit that securely stores International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) and related keys or an electronic equivalent thereof, used to identify and authenticate subscribers on mobile devices, such as mobile phones and computers, and other electronic devices. For purposes of this Act, this shall include e-SIMS and other variations thereof; and

(g)Spoofingrefers to the act of transmitting misleading or inaccurate information about the source of the phone call or text message, with the intent to defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value.