Tag: third telco player

Trillanes claims gov’t favored Mislatel as 3rd telco because of its officials’ “contributions” to Duterte’s presidential campaign

Mislatel reiterates it went through the proper process (Eagle News) — Mislatel on Thursday, Jan. 24, reiterated it went through the proper process before it was chosen as the country’s third telco player, even as opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes claimed the consortium had been favored  by the government. In a statement read before the Senate committee on public services, Dennis Uy, chairman of Udenna and Chelsea Logistics, which, together with China Telecom, and Mindanao Islamic Telephone […]

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Bicam approves bill that will enable use of same cellphone number for life

(Eagle News) — A bicameral conference committee has approved a bill that would allow cellphone users to keep their numbers for life even if they switch to a different service provider. “Kung ang third telco ay nagbaba ng presyo, nagbigay ng mas magandang service, hindi na tayo mahihirapang lumipat sa kahit anong telco,” Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs, said. He said the measure, once it becomes law, will apply […]

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Palace: Duterte had no hand in selection of provisional third major telco player

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte had no hand in the selection of the provisional third telco player in the country. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo emphasized this following reports noting that Dennis Uy of Udena Corp. and Chelsea Logistics had donated to Duterte’s presidential campaign in 2016. Udena Corp., Chelsea Logistics and China Telecom comprise Mislatel, which was named the provisional third telco player that would compete against PLDT Inc. and Globe Telecom. According to Panelo, […]

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DICT: Firms vying to be the 3rd telco player in PHL should post P700-million participation security

(Eagle News) — Firms vying to be the third telecommunications company in the country should post a participation security of P700 million, the Department of Information and Communications Technology said on Friday, Sept. 21. Memorandum Circular (MC) No. 09-09-2018 said the participation security must be either in cash, a manager’s check, draft, or an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a universal or commercial bank in the country. Earlier, authorities said firms with outstanding liabilities to the government […]

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Duterte: PHL to have its third telco player by December

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 11, said the country would have its third telecommunications player by December. In his nationally televised tête-à-tête with Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo, Duterte said that in choosing the same, he would not follow the lowest bidder rule. “I will select (yung may) pinakamagandang record. I will choose the best. Pinakamahal, the best track record in the business,” Duterte said.  

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