Duterte threatened to circumcise MVP if he insisted on milking P3B from government: Buang ka! President Rodrigo Duterte revealed that he threatened to circumcise PLDT-Smart Chair Manuel V. Pangilinan if he insisted on squeezing out P3 billion from the government in exchange for returning the idle frequencies in his...
Smart edges out Globe in mobile download speed – NTC Smart Communications Inc. outpaced rival Globe Telecom in terms of mobile download speed in the latest mobile network benchmarking of the National Telecommunications...
‘NTC to blame for vanishing prepaid load’ The regulator should employ “political will” to force telecommunications firms to get their act together....
Sen. Lacson seeks removal of interconnection fees for mobile users Senator Panfilo Lacson is pushing for the removal of interconnection fees charged by telecommunications firms for all calls and SMS...
PLDT returns CURE frequency Telco giant PLDT Inc. has voluntarily surrendered to the government the 3G frequency it acquired in 2011 to ensure the smooth entry of a third telco player into the...
Deadline for entry of third telco player too tight – industry stakeholders The Department of Information and Communications Technology will ask President Duterte to extend the deadline for the entry of the third telco provider by two months as industry players sought more time to prepare for the...
NTC overshoots 2017 collection target The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) exceeded its 2017 collection goal by 10.6...
PCC to meet DICT next week on opening telco to more players Officials of the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) and the Department of Information and Communications Technology will meet next week to start working on how to go about opening up the telecom industry to one or two more...
Davao telco taps ZTE, Nokia in bid to be No. 3 telco player to dismantle Smart-Globe duopoly A Davao-based telecommunications network joins forces with ZTE and Nokia for $2 billion project to connect Mindanao’s underserved areas to the world using 100 mbps high-speed wireless communications...
PLDT buckles up for record spending in 2018 Telco giant PLDT Inc. expects capital spending to spike to an all-time high of P50 billion next year as it goes full blast with the expansion of its mobile and fixed-broadband networks...