{"id":277263,"date":"2020-12-01T06:08:36","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T11:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=277263"},"modified":"2020-12-01T06:08:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T11:08:36","slug":"palace-urges-telcos-to-prove-better-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/12\/01\/palace-urges-telcos-to-prove-better-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace urges telcos to prove better services"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque admitted that he personally felt that there was no improvement in telco services. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Malaca\u00f1ang on Tuesday urged telecommunication companies Globe Telecom Inc. and Smart Communications Inc. to prove that they have improved their services, reminding them of the deadline set by President Rodrigo Duterte.<\/p>\n

In his penultimate state of the nation address last July, Duterte gave both telcos until December to improve their services or get shut down.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque admitted that he personally felt that there was no improvement in telco services.<\/p>\n

\u201cAking eksperyensiya po, ang aking<\/em>\u00a0cellphone impossible\u00a0pa rin, hindi ka talaga maka-<\/em>contact\u00a0sa<\/em>\u00a0cellphone.\u00a0Ang ginagamit ko ngayon<\/em>\u00a0Viber or WhatsApp,\u00a0iyong<\/em>\u00a0voice over internet protocol. So\u00a0sa tingin ko po wala pa ring malaking<\/em>\u00a0improvement\u2014para nga pong wala pang<\/em>\u00a0improvement (In my experience, it\u2019s still impossible to contact anyone using my cellphone. I use Viber or WhatsApp, or voice over internet protocols. So I think there\u2019s no huge improvement\u2014I think there wasn\u2019t an improvement at all),\u201d he said in a Palace press briefing.<\/p>\n

Roque said he thinks many Filipinos as well as Duterte would agree with his statement that there have not been any significant changes in telco services.<\/p>\n

\u201cKinumpirma ko na ang karanasan natin ay talagang ganiyan din ang nararamdaman ng buong bayan, at si Presidente rin siguro napapansin niya wala pa ring<\/em>\u00a0improvement (I can confirm with my experience that the entire nation feels the same, and the President himself noticed that there\u2019s no improvement until now),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He challenged telcos to submit a list of towers they have been putting up since Duterte asked them to improve their services.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo\u00a0hinihimok ko po ang ating mga<\/em>\u00a0telcos:\u00a0Ano naman po ang isusukli ninyo matapos kayong pagbigyan ng Presidente doon sa hinihiling ninyo na mas mapabilis iyong pag-<\/em>approval\u00a0ng mga<\/em>\u00a0telecom towers\u00a0Tingin ko naman siguro dahil nakuha na nila iyong mga<\/em>\u00a0approval (So I invoke telcos: What did you do after the President gave in to your request to approve permits to allow the installation of telecom towers)?, it\u2019s a matter of installing the telecoms towers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Interior Secretary Eduardo A\u00f1o earlier announced that 2,220 applications for telco towers have been approved while 712 are still pending.<\/p>\n

Roque said telcos should also provide a date when Filipinos could start to expect improvement in their services.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to invite both companies to submit to us,\u00a0iyong mga bagong<\/em>\u00a0towers\u00a0na naitayo na nila<\/em>\u00a0(the new towers they have put up) and I really want them to commit\u00a0kung kailan sila magkakaroon nang mas mabuting serbisyo<\/em>\u00a0(when we can expect better services),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He said his office also tried to reach National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) Commissioner Gamaliel Cordova to get his assessment on telco services.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Roque reiterated the need for a third telco player to introduce new competition in the industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cKinakailangan naman po talaga na makita natin ang pagbabago at kinakailangan talagang pumasok na iyong ating<\/em>\u00a0third telecoms player –\u00a0ang<\/em>\u00a0DITO (we really need to see changes and we really need a third telecoms players DITO),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On July 8, 2019, Duterte awarded Mislatel Consortium, now Dito Telecommunity, the permit to operate as the Philippines\u2019 third telco provider.<\/p>\n

The corporation is a consortium led by Davao-based businessman Dennis Uy and composed of Uy\u2019s Udenna Corporation, its subsidiary Chelsea Logistics, and China Telecommunications Corporation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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