Mobile phone buyers are advised to check whether it carries the authentic National Telecommunication (NTC) sticker inside the unit otherwise did not pass the required testing and might do them harm if used.
NTC XI director Josue Go issued the warning in a recent media briefing saying the unit has to pass three tests namely on radiation, electrical circuit and signal.
Buyers must also check if it carries a warranty even as he said that a one year warranty period would also indicate that it had undergone testing. It is not enough that the store displays the NTC sticker because the unit must also bear the sticker.
The NTC has intensified their campaign against illegal selling of cellphone and it is in Davao City where they made the first crackdown last January 4, 2008 with officials from the Intellectual Property Rights Office from Manila.
Out of their raid in several stores they were able to confiscate 834 units in Davao City, 120 in Tagum City, 109 in Panabo, 42 units in Mati, 50 in Digos, 3 in Nabunturan, 3 and 12 in Compostela and the crackdown is ongoing.
Buyers are advised not to patronize smuggled units and to always check on the unit's International Mobile Equipment Identification (IMEI). The IMEI will determine that the unit has passed the international processes.
Stores selling smuggled phones once caught will have their license automatically revoked and their stores padlocked.
So why go for units that did not pass legitimate processes. It is better to be careful than be sorry later.
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