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Palace to just wait for NTC’s decision on sought for provisional authority for media giant, as legislative franchise expires by midnight (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte will not intervene in the issue of the legislative franchise of media giant, ABS-CBN, which is due to expire midnight later, according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque. Roque said that Malacanang will just wait for the decision of the National Telecommuncations Commission (NTC) since Solicitor General Jose […]
(Eagle News) –Starting October 6, all landline customers in Metro Manila and neighboring areas will have eight-digit telephone numbers in accordance with a National Telecommunications directive. Globe Telecom Inc., and PLDT Inc., had already issued separate advisories announcing their intention to comply with the directive, ) in its memorandum no. 10–10–2017 which orders all telecoms providers in the Metro Manila area to migrate all their customers to eight-digit telephone numbers “to address the insufficient […]
(Eagle News) – Expect an eight-digit telephone number for all landline customers in Metro Manila and neighboring areas, or those with a “02” area code, starting March next year, according to the National Telecommunications Commission. All telecommunications companies in the Philippines are covered by the NTC directive. Globe Telecom Inc., and PLDT Inc., had already issued separate advisories announcing their intention to comply with the directive. The only difference of this eight-number landline is the […]
(Eagle News) — Kuntento si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sa pagkakapili sa Mislatel Consortium bilang third major telecommunications player sa bansa. Ayon kay Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, muling iginiit ng Pangulo na ang tanging mahalaga sa kanya ay ang makapag-bigay ng mas magandang serbisyo ang napiling ikatlong telco at nasunod nito ang panuntunan sa proseso ng bidding. “The President does not interfere. He gives the departments and the offices the authority to do as it pleases […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government has confirmed that the telecommunications consortium of Chinese state-owned China Telecommunications Corporation and of Udenna Corporation owned by a Davao-based businessman is the third major player in the country’s telecommunications industry. The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) made the announcement on Monday, Nov. 19, after en banc deliberations. The NTC en banc “confirms the status of NEW MAJOR PLAYER in favor of the Mindanao Islamic Telephone Company, Inc., with Udenna […]
(Eagle News) — The National Telecommunications Commission’s selection committee has junked the appeal filed by Sear Telecomunications Consortium for the panel to declare Mislatel Consortium — declared the country’s third provisional telco player—guilty of misrepresentation of facts and for concealing material evidence. The panel also junked the appeal of the Philippine Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (PT&T) after they were disqualified from bidding to be the country’s third telco player. Sear had argued the partnership of Mindanao Islamic […]
(Eagle News) — A telecommunications consortium of Chinese state-owned China Telecommunications Corporation and of Udenna Corporation owned by a Davao-based businessman becomes the “provisional” third major player in the country’s telecommunications industry. This was according to a selection panel of the National Telecommunications Commission that screened bidders aspiring to become the third major telecommunications player in the country that would ultimately break the current duopoly in the industry. Mislatel Consortium involving businessman Dennis Uy […]
(Reuters) At least four of the Paris attackers were listed in a central counter-terrorism database maintained by the U.S. intelligence community, five U.S. officials said on Thursday. At least one and possibly more of the attackers was also on a more selective U.S. “no fly list”, three of the officials said, though they would not provide a specific number. In coordinated attacks in Paris last Friday, 129 people were killed and more than 300 were […]
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) will conduct a new speed testing starting October 9, Friday and will last until October 31, Saturday. This test is to monitor the actual Internet speed being offered by the country’s service providers and compare with their advertised velocities. (Eagle News Service)
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) here intensifies its information drive against text scams to curb and eliminate scammers and to protect people from falling prey into such deceitful schemes. According to Engr. Ric dela Cruz of NTC-Pangasinan, his office gets an average of three to five complaints daily against text scams which are designed to extract sensitive personal information or gyp one financially. “Text scams come from 11-digit numbers. To avoid these, people should be […]
MANILA, Aug. 22 (PNA) — The Court of Appeals (CA) has stopped the implementation of an order by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) directing the telecommunications companies (telcos) to refund to their subscribers the excess collection from text messages or the short message service (SMS). The CA’s Sixth Division has issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) as prayed for in the petition filed by the Digitel Philippines Incorporated (Digitel). In a four-page resolution dated Aug. […]
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) continued to warn the public on the spate of text scams making use of so-called “PASALOAD” schemes. The scam can victimize both pre-paid and post-paid subscribers. Recent reports show an increase in “PASALOAD” scams among post-paid subscribers. The NTC told the public to be extra vigilant in checking the numbers where their text messages originate. “PASALOAD” scams come from 11-digit numbers asking a subscriber to avail of a “rebate”, “discount”, […]
