(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 […]
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Duterte to appoint undersecretary to head citizens’ complaint hotline; SMS system to be added to current setup
(Eagle News)—President Rodrigo Duterte will appoint “in the next few days” an undersecretary who will supervise the citizens’ complaint hotline 8888. Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea made the revelation as he announced government plans to create another office that will monitor the public’s complaints, and to incorporate a text messaging system to the current setup in an interview over dzmm radio. “Talagang tututukan na yan because dati, it was under an office of a director..,” Medialdea […]
Palace hopes telcos will exert best efforts to improve citizens’ complaint hotline
(Eagle News) — The Palace on Thursday, Feb. 28, expressed hope telecommunications companies would exert their best efforts to improve the citizens’ complaint hotline 8888. Ina statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo noted Executive Order No. 6, which institutionalized the hotline to allow members of the public to air their complaints about government in general, was among the first executive orders issued by the President. “Before the issuance of Executive Order No. 6, public avenues for […]
Duterte to PLDT: Add trunklines to citizens’ complaint hotline 8888 or I shut you down
(Eagle News)—-President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to shut down PLDT if it does not add trunklines to the citizens’ hotline 8888. “The present setup can’t accommodate all the calls. It’s always busy. Tell PLDT. If not, I’ll shut down their business,” Duterte said in a speech in Cebu on Sunday, Feb. 24. His statement drew laughter from the audience. “Oo, that’s true. I don’t want to brag, but they owe government eight billion (pesos),” Duterte […]
Telcos to implement eight-digit landline numbers for those with (02) area code starting March 2019
(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 […]
Mga empleyado ng PLDT, nanawagan ng regularization
(Eagle News) — Mahigit sa isang libong contractual workers ng telephone company na PLDT ang nagtipun-tipon sa harap ng PLDT TelTech HR Office sa Mandaluyong City ngayong araw, Hunyo 1. Ito ay upang manawagan na ipatupad na ang regularization sa kanila kasunod na rin ng paglalabas ng writ of execution ng Department of Labor and Employment-National Capital Region (DOLE-NCR). Pinangunahan ito ng Manggagawa sa Komunikasyon ng Pilipinas (MKP) na halos dalawang dekada na umanong pinaglalaban […]
Roque: President Duterte asked China to enter PHL telecommunications industry
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has offered China the opportunity to put up a telecommunications company that would rival PLDT and Globe. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the President made the offer during a bilateral meeting with Premier Li Keqiang. According to Roque, there had long been plans of breaking up the PLDT-Globe duopoly. Then-Informations and Communications Technology Rodolfo Salalima, however, he said did not act on this soonest. Salalima, a former Globe official, […]
PLDT, gagastos ng Php 11B para mapabuti ang Internet speed
(Eagle News) — Nakahandang gumastos ng P11 billion ang kumpanyang PLDT sa susunod na dalawang taon para pondohan ang modernization plan nito, kabilang ang fiber Internet na naglalayong mapabuti ang Internet speed sa bansa. Ilalaan ang nasabing budget sa pagro-roll-out ng million fiber ports sa buong bansa at pag-u-upgrade ng fiber optics cable mula sa Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) sa mahigit 1.3 million subscribers. Ayon kay Marco Borlongan, PLDT First Vice President at Head of […]
Gov’t eyes opening telecoms to foreign control
Agence France Presse — Limits on foreign ownership of the Philippine telecom industry should be lifted to attract investment and improve its service, a senior minister said Thursday. Currently foreign firms can own a maximum 40 per cent of Philippine utilities, including telecom companies, which should be raised, according to Economic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia. “If we want to attract foreign direct investment, they have to have a larger stake in the investment,” he told […]
CEOs tackle the future of business after elections
By Caesar Vallejos Eagle News Service online correspondent (Eagle News) – Business leaders feel that the country’s economic growth will continue even after the May 2016 elections, no matter who the next president would be. “Even if we elect Vice Ganda for President on May 9, 6-7 percent economic growth will continue. So don’t be too anxious about the elections,” said distinguished Philippine economist, Dr. Bernardo Villegas, in a gathering of CEOs to launch the […]
