The Philippines telecoms regulator, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has banned the sale, purchase, possession or use of cell phone jamming devices. However, an exemption has been left that enables individual cases to be heard where jammers will be permitted.
The regulator confirmed that it has received requests for waivers, but declined to name the applicants or how many requests it had received.
The exact details of the punishments that can be handed out to people using jammers was not specified as the announcement simply said that infringes would be dealt with in accordance with law.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has expressed concerns that the transmittal of poll results on election day from far-flung areas to its central office may be disrupted owing to the proliferation of jamming devices. Some 5,000 such devices are reported to have been imported into the country.
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