DICT
[VIDEO] 3rd telco to be named before...
2 May, 2018 at 11:09
3rd telco to be named before year-end: DICT ANC Business Nightly | April 27, 2018 The third major telco player is now only expected to be named
‘Third player’ selection will not wait for...
8 March, 2018 at 12:00
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) will not wait for the passage of the law allowing for higher foreign investment in the telecommunications industry, and will stick to its timetable for naming a third player by midyear.
[OPINION] Leapfrog
8 February, 2018 at 15:00
DICT Acting Secretary Eliseo Rio Jr. is confident the third player they will select to compete with our telco duopoly will not be hampered by the fact that Globe and Smart/PLDT already control 70 percent of the frequencies.
Palace rejects DICT request to extend deadline...
7 February, 2018 at 10:49
President Rodrigo Duterte has rejected the request of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to extend the deadline in selecting the third telecommunications player in the Philippines.
Competition body zeroes in on 10 sectors...
18 January, 2018 at 16:30
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) is embarking on a study of anti-competitive practices in 10 priority sectors that may touch on the impact of a contentious deal involving the country’s telecommunication duopoly.
3rd telco player needs P300B for 5-year...
16 January, 2018 at 13:00
The government is calling on groups with around $6 billion (P300 billion) to spare and a desire to compete in the cutthroat telecommunications sector dominated by the duopoly PLDT Inc. and Globe Telecom.
Duterte wants telco duopoly broken by March
21 December, 2017 at 10:57
Will the telco duopoly be broken by March?
Government launches online database for business
6 December, 2017 at 16:00
The government formally launched yesterday an electronic database intended to help streamline the registration and renewal process for business permits.
Business leaders want open field for telco
29 November, 2017 at 15:58
Business leaders have lauded President Duterte’s push to break the “duopoly” in the country’s telecommunications industry, but pointed out this should not be limited to Chinese companies.
[OPINION] Regulatory capture
28 November, 2017 at 17:30
Regulatory capture, according to Wikipedia, is “a form of government failure that occurs when a regulatory agency, created to act in the public interest, instead advances the commercial or political concerns…
Gov’t not interested in being 3rd telco...
28 November, 2017 at 13:30
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) vowed that the government would not establish a competing telecommunications player, saying it could support competition in the sector in other ways.
Duterte offers China 3rd telco carrier slot
22 November, 2017 at 10:49
“The telecom duopoly is about to end,” Malacañang declared on Monday.
Gov’t taps Facebook for internet infra plan
20 November, 2017 at 13:00
The government partnered with Facebook in order to put up a high speed internet infrastructure in a few years time, promising a capacity that would be “almost equal” to that of the giants of the telecommunications industry.
[OPINION] DICT internet roadmap
31 October, 2017 at 08:00
A few weeks after the lawyer secretary of DICT was replaced by a telecommunications technocrat, things started moving on our age old problem of slow internet. Last Monday, I shared the diagnosis of the problem made by DICT OIC Sec. Eliseo Rio Jr.
