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Huawei ban to have 'little impact' on Philippine telcos: gov't

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 23 03:25 PM

The government also has "tools" to protect the country's cyberspace from threats to national security, Department of Information and Communications Technology said in a statement. Read more »

Third telco Mislatel fulfilling regulator requirements

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 23 01:23 PM

The National Telecommunications Commission is asking for certain documents before Mislatel could secure telecommunications frequencies and a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, Mislatel said in a statement.   Read more »

Huawei devices on Globe, PLDT, Smart unaffected by trade woes, telcos say

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 20 08:04 PM

Globe Telecom and PLDT assured their subscribers on Monday that their services and Huawei devices would not be affected by the US trade ban on the Chinese telecoms giant. Read more »

CityMall to lease out 50 rooftops for common telco towers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 16 04:19 PM

ALT-Global Solutions Inc, one of the chosen common telecommunication companies by the Department of Information and Communications (DICT), would lease 50 CityMall rooftops for telco towers, DoubleDragon said in a disclosure to the stock exchange.    Read more »

Telcos told to ensure uninterrupted service on election day

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 12 02:30 PM

The NTC said all public telecommunications entities must deliver uninterrupted services during the May 13 polls, with priority given to the Comelec. Read more »

Quake, road mishap to cause Globe service disruptions in Visayas, Mindanao

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 03:44 PM

Globe Telecom issued an advisory Saturday to warn of a possible service interruption for users in Visayas and Mindanao after two of the company's fiber optic cables were cut. Read more »

Udenna Corp, China Telecom sign $5.4-billion deal for third telco Mislatel

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 26 10:31 PM

Dennis Uy's Udenna Corp., and Chelsea Logistics Holdings Corp. signed the agreement with Chinatel in Beijing last April 25 to formalize their "mutual undertakings and obligations" to become the country's third telco provider, the company said in a statement. Read more »

PH internet speed still below global average: Speedtest

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 18 11:45 AM

Speedtest Global Index said that, in terms of mobile internet speed, the Philippines ranks 103rd among 139 surveyed countries. Read more »

PLDT, Globe to roll out 5G network in PH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 11 11:46 PM

The Philippines' so-called telco duopoly is in a tight race to roll out 5G technology this year. Read more »

No infra yet for 5G rollout, DICT chief says

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 03 10:29 PM

The lack of cell towers will slow down the rollout of 5G technology in the Philippines, according to the head of the Department of Information and Communications Technology. Read more »

Globe sets maintenance works in some areas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 03 04:17 PM

Consumers can experience temporary system interruption for 2G, 3G and LTE wireless services due to the "complexity" of some technical works, which would require up to 5 hours to complete, the telecommunications firm said in a statement. Read more »

Espiya? Telco pumalag sa alegasyong 'pakikipagsabwatan' sa China

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 29 07:22 PM

Suspetsa ng isang blogger, nagmamanman ang China gamit ang mga phone. Pinabulaanan ito ng isang telco at ng DICT. Read more »

Gov't may allocate frequencies to possible 4th, 5th telcos - regulator

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 27 03:11 PM

The government will crack down on the use of radio frequencies, which could be redistributed to possible fourth and fifth telecommunication players, a regulator said Wednesday.    Read more »

SolGen urges SC to junk PT&T petition vs 3rd telco bidding

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 26 04:00 PM

The Office of the Solicitor General has urged the Supreme Court to dismiss a petition filed by the Philippine Telegraph & Telephone Corp. (PT&T) seeking to reverse its disqualification from the selection for the third telco in November last year. Read more »

Mislatel moves start of commercial operations to early 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 03:05 PM

The tentative 2021 schedule was estimated "under the consideration" that its CPCN will be awarded by March, Chelsea Logistics, a member of the Mislatel consortium along with Udenna and China Telecom, said in a disclosure to the stock exchange.  Read more »

South Korea's Shinheung Telecom joins PH tower-building

Bruce Rodriguez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 14 11:50 AM

This deal could help the local telecommunication sector, said director of Business Group Won Kil Kim, adding that South Korea has over 200,000 towers compared to 17,000 in the Philippines.  Read more »

PLDT profit jumps 41 percent in 2018

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 07 11:34 PM

Philippine telco giant PLDT plans to ramp up its capital expenditure next year to a record P78.4 billion. Read more »

Manny Pangilinan denies PLDT owes gov't P8 billion

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 08:17 PM

MANILA - PLDT Chairman and CEO Manny V. Pangilinan on Thursday denied President Rodrigo Duterte’s claim that the telecommunications giant owes government P8 billion. Read more »

Mobile number portability makes switch to third telco easier: senator

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 08:56 AM

The Mobile Number Portability Act, signed recently by President Rodrigo Duterte, is meant to spur competition as dominant players PLDT Inc and Globe Telecom brace for the entry of China Telecom-backed Mislatel, said Senator Sherwin Gatchalian. Read more »

Interconnection fees for domestic calls, texts removed under new law

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 02:50 AM

Under Republic Act 11202 or Mobile Number Portability Act, no interconnection fee would be imposed on users for making domestic calls and text messages. Read more »