EO 205 Regulating the operation of cable antenna television (CATV) systems in the

Philippines
MEMORANDUM CATV
CIRCULAR
NO. 4-08-88
CATV Any facility that receives directly/indirectly over the air and amplifies the signals
transmitting broadcast by one or more television, satellite or radio stations
Shall not include:
Any facility that serves fewer than 50 subscribers
Any facility that serves only the residents of one or more apartment
dwellings

Certificate of Authority granted by NTC pursuant to EO 205 to operate or install a cable tv

Authority system
TV Station Operate on a channel regularly allocated to a community
Principal Signal contour that a tv station is required to place over an entire community.
Community
Contour
Specified Zone Area extending 56 km from the ref point to which the station is licensed.
Substantially 6 to 11 PM, local time for a total of 14 or more hours.
Duplicated
Significantly Full/partial network station:
viewed Share of viewing hours of 3% (total week hours)
Net weekly circulation of atleast 25%
viewing hours at least 2 % (total week hours)
Net weekly circulation of atleast 3 %
Share of viewing means the total hours that non-cable television households viewed the subject
hours station during the week, expressed as percentage of the total hours these
households viewed all stations during the period
Net weekly means the total number of non-minutes or more during the entire week,
circulation expressed as a percentage of the total non-cable television households in the
survey area.
Full Network A commercial tv broadcast station that generally carries in weekly prime time
Station hours (85%)
Generally carried in prime time more than 10 hours per week
Independent Generally carried in prime time not more than 10 hours per week
Network Programming supplied by a national/regional, commercial/non-commercial
Programming
Syndicated Any program sold, licensed, distributed and offered to tv licensee for non-
Program interconnected tv exhibition but not including live presentation.
Series Group of two or more works which are centered around and dominated by the
same individual
Off-network Series whose episodes have no national tv exhibition
Class 1 Cable TV A signaling path provided by a cable television system to relay to subscriber
terminals television broadcast programs that are received off-the-air or are
obtained by microwave or by direct connection to a television broadcast station.
Class II A signaling path provided by a cable television system to deliver to subscriber
terminals television signals that are intended for reception by a television
broadcast receiver without the use of an auxiliary decoding device and which
signals are not involved in broadcast transmission path.
Class III intended for reception by equipment other than a television broadcast receiver
only when used with auxiliary equipment
Class IV A signaling path provided by a cable television system to transmit signals of any
type
from a subscriber terminal to another point in the cable television system.
System Noise Mean power level measured in the 4 MHz bandwidth between 1.25 MHz and 5.25
MHz
Certificate of a. Name, address, citizenship
Authority shall b. Service Area
contain: c. TV/BC stations signals to be carried
d. Applicants legal and financial capabilities
e. Technical, financial and economic studies
CEA shall have a max term of 15 yrs.
Construction Issued for a period of 6 months to 1 year
Permit Only for the antenna and head-end portion
Station License Issued for a period of one year or more not more than 3 yrs.
Renewal should be filed 30 days before expiry.

MC No. 07-07-86 Cordless Telephones

Cordless Telephone Consists of a base radio unit connected to a standard telephone line and a battery
powered portable radiotelephone unit. The system permits the portable extension
to originate and receive calls at a distance from the main telephone set.
Telephone Company authorized grantee of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to install,
operate and maintain a telephone system
Subscriber individual or entity user contracting for any form of service furnished by a public
Telephone Company.
MC 03-05-2007 Short Range Devices
MC 07-06-2002 Cellular Mobile Telephone Service
RA 7925 public Telecommunications Policy Act
Grade of Service Measure of probability usually during the busy hour, a call will fail
Busy Hour Continuous one-hour period when the traffic is at its peak
Drop Call Call that is irregularly terminated
If dropped before 6 seconds after the called party answers, not considered as call
Drop Call Rate Ratio of calls that are irregularly terminated to the total number of calls
MC 13-12-2004 Internet Access services and Wireless Telecommunications Services
Network Availability 99% ;measured over 1 month:
( hoursa day days a month )network outagetime
( hours a day days a month )
System Accessibility ( hoursa day days a month )time system isunavailable
89% ; ( hoursa day days a month )
99%
Bandwidth 98.5%
Throughput
Service Reliability ( hoursa day days a month )tiem service is below performance standard
( hoursa day daysa month )
Bit Error Rate Ratio of the number of bits incorrectly received to total bits
Latency Measured by averaging sample measurements taken during calendar month
between Hub Routers. Data collection should be in 5-minute intervals using pings
Mean Time to Repair Monthly average of time from inception of trouble ticket until outage is repaired
 total outagetime
total number of trouble tickets

MC 08-09-95 An Act To Promote And Govern The Development Of Philippine

Telecommunications And The Delivery Of Public Telecommunications
Services
Access Charge Remuneration paid to a carrier by the interconnecting carriers for
accessing its facilities
Actual Cost Approach in traffic settlement wherein cost is allocated and reflects the
Approach actual cost of the service.
Cross Subsidy A LE operator is entitle to some subsidy to earn a rate of return
Approach
Interconnection Sum of access charge plus cross-subsidy
charge
Basic Telephone Local exchange telephone service for residence and business
Service establishments
Universal Access The availability of reliable and affordable telecommunications service
Local Exchange Area Area authorized by NTC to a LE operator
Bypass Situation wherein an entity provides long distance service by
establishing direct access to a person/entity within the local authorized
service area.
Pay Telephone Also public calling station.
Services Facility where the public may place and receive local or long distance
calls.
Certificate of Public A grant to own, operate, maintain a public telecommunications
Convenience and facility/service.
Necessity
Provisional Authority Authority, for a limited period, granted to operate and maintain a public
telecoms facility
Enhanced Service Service which adds a feature that is not ordinarily provided by a
telecommunications facility.
Philippines Best Experience of 2-3 LE service operators
Practice
MC 10-17-90 National Service Performance Standards for Telecommunications
Services
MC 02-01-2001 Customer Premises Equipment (Revised)
Procedures for Type Approval/Acceptance
a. Certificate of re-export bond
b. Import tax payment evidence
c. Equipment manual
d. Foreign test reports
e. Manufacturers declaration of conformity
f. Permits/clearances from NTC
CPE Interface A. Electrical Safety Requirements
Standards B. Electromagnetic Compatibility/ Radiation Safety Standards
C. Network General Requirements
D. Corded Telephone Sets
E. Cordless Tel
F. PABX and KTS
G. CMTS and PMTS
H. Fixed Wireless Access Subscriber Terminal
 I. Wireless Paging
J. DCE/DTE
K. Answering Machines
L. Global Mobile Terminal Equipment
M. VSAT
MC 02-05-2008 Value Added Services
MC 03-11-2005 VoIP Service
Registration:
a. SEC cert and DTI cert
b. Lease agreement
c. Interconnection agreement
d. List of cities/municipalities
MC 09-09-2003 Wireless Data Networks and Devices
Act 3846 Radio Control Law
WDN Network of computers and other computing devices utilizing radio
frequencies
Indoor Equipment Radio equipment and devices with an ERP not exceeding 250 mW and no
and Devices external antenna
Spread Spectrum Radio comms tech utilizing either direct sequence or freq hopping
technology technique
Outdoor Equipment Equipment with an ERP of 250 mW
Effective radiated Power at the output of an antenna and not the radio Tx
power
Public Data Network Wireless data network offered to the public
MC 05-03-99 Global mobile personal communications by satellite
GMPCS system Owns, operates and maintains a GMPCS system
operator
GMPCS Service Provides GMPCS to the public by the NTC
provider
GMPCS Terminal Single Mode only one gmpcs system
Multimode one or more GMPCS systems or Terrestrial Mobile Systems
GMPCS System Satellite earth station installed within or outside the Philippines to
gateway control traffic between the GMPCS Operator and Service Provider.
Accepted standards 1. Safety
2. Electromagnetic compatibility
3. Effective use of radio spectrum
4. Orbital resources
5. Electromagnetic Interference
MC 20-11-98 Wireless Local Loop in the 3.5 GHz Band
MC 1-1-97 WLL (1880-1920 MHz)
3410 3580 MHz
NRFAT natl freq alloc table
MC 04-03-99 International Satellite Communications
MC 06-06-07 Broadband Wireless Access (2300 2400 MHz)
MC 06-05-02 Frequency Allocation PABX and CPE (1880 -1920 MHz)
MC 10-16-90 National Fundamental Technical Plans
a. Transmission
b. Signalling
c. Numbering
d. Routing
e. Synchronization
f. Switching
g. Charging
 h. Outside Plant Facilities
MC 04-08-2015 Frequency Allocation for Telemetry
Tx: 432-433 Rx: 437-438 MHz (semi-duplex)
Tx/Rx: 433-434 (simplex)
DTTB- digital terrestrial television broadcasting
MC 07-08-2015 Fixed Broadband/Internet Access Service
Broadband 256 kbps
Cable Broadband Coaxial cables
Fiber-to-the-home Using fiber optic cables

Act 3846 Regulation of Public and Radio Communications in the Philippines

Secretary of Public Empowered to regulate the construction or manufacture, possession, control, sale
Works and and transfer of radio transmitters/transceivers
Communications
Secrecy of Transmitting, receiving, divulging, publishing, utilizing the contents
Communication
Secretary of Create a radio regulation section, division or office which shall take charge of
Commerce and carrying out the provisions of this act
Communication
Violation of act 3846 or IRR - Fine of not more than P2000 or by imprisonment of
not more than 2 years, for each and every offense
Violation of act 3846, by sec. of public works and comms, IRR P5000 - for every
offense
RA 9292 RA 5734 Electronics and communications engineering act of the philippines
Electronics engineering law of 2004