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MANILA, Philippines — A bill mandating telecommunication companies to provide a refund mechanism for service outages and disruptions has been filed in the Senate. Senator Lito Lapid filed Senate Bill No. 2092, which seeks to amend Republic…
Industry giants PLDT Inc. and Globe Telecom announced details on their aggressive network upgrades for this year until 2021, while telco startup Dito Telecommunity began “friendly user tests” of its services. The flurry of updates came ahead…
MANILA, Philippines — Telecommunication companies will make a progress report to the public on Tuesday, Dec. 8, in compliance with President Rodrigo Duterte’s demand to improve their services by December. According to the presidential spokesperson Harry Roque,…
MANILA, Philippines — The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) wants to make it easier for telecommunication companies to get permits to build fiber-optic networks. So it sent letters dated Oct. 15 to seek assistance in streamlining the process…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor David Tumulak is urging the telecommunication companies (telcos) to provide stronger internet connection to households as schools have begun to conduct online classes this week. The councilor said there is…
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte wants local government units (LGUs) to act on permit applications of telecommunications firms within three days in a bid to improve connectivity in the country. He warned local officials who failed…
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Monday warned that it will go after local government units that will not take action within three days on pending applications of telecommunication companies…
MANILA, Philippines — Senator Grace Poe expressed hope that President Rodrigo Duterte also warns government regulators and local government units not to delay the issuance of permits for building cell towers and not just warn telecommunication companies…
MANILA, Philippines — Invoking public anger, President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday trained his sights on the two dominant telecommunication companies in the country and warned them to shape up by December or face expropriation. In his fifth…
Unless they get rid off of black spots in the mountain barangays, the Cebu City Government will not lift the suspension imposed on pending application permits from telecommunication companies to put up more cell sites in the…
CEBU CITY—Telecommunication companies have started shutting down their mobile phone services in portions of Cebu City as part of security preparations for the Sinulog Grand Parade today. The loss of mobile signal started at 8 a.m. and …
Utility firms have teamed up in an effort to address the issue on dangling and spaghetti wires in major thoroughfares in Cebu City. The new initiative is a “fresh look and fresh attempt” at solving the long-standing…
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