Press Release
October 28, 2011

STATEMENT OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SERVICES CHAIRMAN ON NTC'S APPROVAL OF PLDT-DIGITEL DEAL

The NTC must make sure that the prerequisites it had set regarding the share-swap deal will be fully complied by both companies. As our committee recommended, it must protect the interests of the consuming public and uphold fair competition in any merger, consolidation, acquisition or similar transaction of telecommunication companies. Hence, its directive to PLDT to divest itself of 10Mhz of 3G radio frequency is commendable.

We also laud the Commission for the measures it has initiated, which include the lowering of interconnection charges that are being paid by consumers on top of the regular rates on its respective networks when using services like SMS and voice call across other networks. The move is only proper considering that our country has one of the highest interconnection rates in the Asia Pacific region.

Bilang chairman ng Senate Committee on Public Services, babantayan natin ang mga susunod na mga magiging kaganapan sa transaksyon ng PLDT at Digitel. Titiyakin natin na ang pagsang-ayon nila sa mga kondisyon ng NTC ay hindi hanggang sa papel lang, dapat tuparin nila ito.

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