Phone firms balk at order to extend prepaid loads

LEADING mobile phone service providers yesterday refused to commit to
following government orders extending the validity of their prepaid credits.

Senator Mar Roxas, chairman of the committee on trade and commerce, said the
order to lengthen the validity of the prepaid load was too late and not
enough to address consumer demand for a fair and equitable deal from the
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