Troll: Looks like our dear regulator is trying to walk cautiously on eggshell landmines, praying that it doesn’t fuck up the 3G auction and accidentally raise the ire of PLDT and the hungry bidders. … The NTC has sought the help of the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB), specifically on how to proceed with the [...]
The NTC, working in tandem with the Government Procurement Policy Board (GPPB), will set criteria that will be used in selecting an independent auditor that will help determine if PLDT’s asking price for CURE/Red Mobile and its third generation (3G) frequency is aboveboard. PLDT is also looking for its own auditor to join the party [...]
Seems like our Commission on Audit (COA) is not up for the challenge of helping the NTC determine the true value of CURE/Red Mobile, and so our dear regulator is looking to engage the services of a private auditing firm to see if PLDT’s declared Cost-Recovery Amount (CRA) is aboveboard or bullshit. Dennis Babaran, NTC [...]
The NTC declared that the floor price for the 3G frequency of Connectivity Unlimited Resources Enterprises (CURE) will be P1.6B which is around P500M less than PLDT’s asking price. But this is not final of course – not by a long shot. The NTC along with PLDT has agreed to consult a third party auditor [...]
Sharing is good for everyone, more so if it allows the number two Telco of the land to better fight the monolithic monopoly that is PLDT! Kudos to the NTC! The NTC has again given Bayan Telecommunications more time to secure approval from the courts for its frequency sharing agreement with Globe. Gamaliel A. Cordoba, [...]
The Troll was… trolling around the Internets when it stumbled upon a very well written and very well positioned article covering the current status of the telco industry. This wonderful piece titled Fair competition benefits consumers from the column of Boo Chanco, Demand and Supply, tackles the current monopolistic set up of things with PLDT [...]
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