The National Telecommunications Commission directed all public telecommunications entities to deploy “Libreng Tawag and Libreng Charging Stations” in strategic areas affected by the earthquake in Abra on Wednesday morning. The areas include Regions 1, 2 and the Cordillera Autonomous Region, all...
NOW Telecom Company, Inc., together with affiliate NOW Corporation (NOW Corp.), is negotiating the possible lease of towers for 5G installation with SBA Towers Philippines Inc., a subsidiary of NASDAQ-listed SBA Communications Corporation. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, NOW Corp....
It could be recalled that former President Rodrigo Duterte vetoed a bill requiring the mandatory registration of SIM cards of mobile phone users. At that time, Malacañang said that Duterte “did not agree with the social media registration,” which, to some experts, is a good move, as the lack...
Senator Grace Poe has refiled her bill seeking to improve internet service and access across the country. (Office of Senator Grace Poe) “The internet has become a necessity as indispensable as electricity and water. We rely on it for health, education, business, governance and more," Poe said....
Various groups in the Philippines publicly condemned the National Telecommunications Commission’s (NTC) order for internet providers to block websites that are allegedly “affiliated, linked, and supporting terrorist organizations.” (Karapatan / Manila Bulletin) Among the groups who denounced...
Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa, chairman of the Senate public order and dangerous drugs committee, on Thursday, June 23 welcomed the decision of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to block the websites perceived to be affiliated to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)- New...
Outgoing Senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson on Thursday said the order of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to block access to over 20 websites has a legal basis under the anti-terror law if these platforms are involved in financing the activities of the Communist Party of the...
Now Telecom Co. Inc. (NOW Telecom) is not about to give up on its fight as the new major player in the telco business, and it's taking the battle right at the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) doorstep. NOW reacted strongly against the alleged "deliberate delay on the part of NTC of...
NTC Alarmed at the upsurge of fake job text scams, the National Telecommunications Commission has ordered the country's biggest telecommunications firms to warn their subscribers not to be fooled by the fraudulent schemes. In a memo sent by the NTC for the second straight week to DITO Telecommunity...
Senator Grace Poe has called on the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to increase their efforts to halt rampant text scams victimizing many unsuspecting mobile phone users in the country Poe, chairwoman of the Senate...
Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Director-General Jeremiah Belgica said the graft allegations against him and other ARTA officials were malicious as they were only doing their job to make sure that the law on the automatic approval of applications is implemented. Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA)...
Allan S Cabanlong, ASEAN Eng. The Republic Act 11659 or the “Act Amending Commonwealth Act No.146, otherwise known as the Public Service Act,” was recently passed into law, allowing up to 100% foreign ownership of three primary public services (telecommunications, airline, and railways) in the...
