Senator Imee Marcos on Friday, October 3 said there is no need for the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to rush the crafting of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the newly-enacted Konektadong Pinoy (KP) Act.

Marcos pointed this out as she described the DICT’s move to set to October 2 the deadline for comments on the IRR of the new law as “too soon, too fast and too furious!”

“If they could not threaten the President into vetoing the bill, then their fallback is to bury booby traps into the IRR to keep small players out and protect the entrenched telcos (telecommunication companies). This must not be allowed,” said Marcos, principal author of the law.

The senator surmised that both the DICT and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) may be using the IRR to sabotage the intent of the measure by giving stakeholders only 15 days from publication to submit comments.

The lawmaker also pointed out that the KP Act’s transparency clause is self-executory and must not be delayed or undermined by restrictive provisions in the IRR.

In a formal letter to DICT and furnished to NTC, PCC, DOJ, COA, and DOF/PS-DBM, Marcos ordered the immediate release of a complete national spectrum baseline.

She asked that the baseline include: all frequency bands and blocks (700 MHz, 850/900, 1800, 2100, 2300, 2600, 3.3–3.8 GHz, 26/28/39 GHz, satellite, microwave, VHF/UHF); assignments and transfers since 2010 with their legal bases, terms, and beneficial owners; utilization data such as sites on-air, MHz×POP, traffic levels, and idle capacity; compliance records on coverage and quality-of-service commitments, spectrum caps and variances; as well as pending applications, public-safety allocations, and broadcast holdings.

If a computerized registry cannot be produced, she said certified photocopies of all underlying assignments and orders must be submitted.

“The law is clear: transparency is mandatory. Failure to submit the spectrum baseline will trigger a show-cause order, and if necessary, a direct instruction to NTC to deliver the full registry and documents,” she declared.

The President’s sister underscored that the Konektadong Pinoy Act aims to democratize telecommunications by opening spectrum access to new and smaller players.

Without immediate disclosure, she warned that the public will not know which frequencies are hoarded, underutilized, or locked away in secret deals.

“Transparency is the first firewall against monopoly. The Filipino people deserve to know who holds our nation’s airwaves, how they are used, and why so much remains idle while connectivity gaps persist,” she said.