Sen. Risa Hontiveros has called on the DICT to demand 3rd telco Dito Telecommunity to step up its services, after reports of consumer complaints about the telco's "poor services", while Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian is pushing for the registration of pre-paid SIM cards after a series of incidents involving scams were committed on food delivery riders.
Senators Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan and Risa Hontiveros have again brought up their concerns over Dito Telecommunity's business connection with China Telecom, with Pangilinan calling for an executive session to discuss the matter in the Senate.
The National Privacy Commission has stated that it will launch its own investigation on the DFA?s assertion that the private contractor has caused the non-availability of data and other documents entrusted to it for processing.