President Duterte To Fulfill Promise New Telecom Providers To Come To Philippines
Expect faster and more accessible Internet soon, as new
telecommunications companies will enter the Philippines as what President Rodrigo
Duterte promised to Filipinos, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said on
Monday, November 20.
“President Duterte offered to the People’s Republic of China the privilege to operate the third telecommunications carrier in the country,” Roque said in a press briefing.
“President Duterte offered to the People’s Republic of China the privilege to operate the third telecommunications carrier in the country,” Roque said in a press briefing.
“The President said China has the capital and technology to
provide efficient telecommunications service. They are among the biggest in the
world,” Roque said.
The telecommunications company from China that is invited as
a third player will compete with the duopoly of Globe Telecom Inc. and PLDT
Inc., he added.
The Chinese company is not known yet.
On November 16, the Philippine government also partnered
with an affiliate of social networking giant Facebook, for an additional
Internet backbone known as the Luzon Bypass Infrastructure.
“The Luzon Bypass will provide additional 2 terabyte
bandwidth – equivalent to what is provided by Globe Telecom and PLDT,” Roque said.
“Look forward to better telecommunications in terms of
Internet speed and access,” he added.
The agreement with Facebook, the spokesperson said, should
have been signed as early as 2016.
“It was not signed by the former secretary of the (Department
of Information and Communications Technology), and this was one of the areas
pinpointed by the cabinet investigators as an area of conflict of interest,”
Roque said.
In September, President Duterte said he asked former DICT
Secretary Rodolfo Salalima to resign after allegedly favoring a
telecommunications company.
“It seems to me he was favoring a company. Tapos hindi ka
makapasok. Ang gusto ko nga maging mura at ‘yung interconnection, fast,
mabilis,” the President said in a September 29 interview.
Salalima was formerly the chief legal counsel and senior
advisor of Globe Telecom.
The President has been vocal in the state of the Internet in
the Philippines, saying the only way to improve Internet speed is to introduce
competition.
The Philippines ranked as one of the countries with the
lowest Internet speeds, according to a report from a U.S. based content
delivery network.
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Source: CNN Philippines
President Duterte To Fulfill Promise New Telecom Providers To Come To Philippines
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