The current debate on the new major player?s franchise validity would not hinder the government?s plan to accelerate the build-up of more telecommunications infrastructure, the Department of Information and Communications (DICT) said on Wednesday, Jan. 30.
Local firm Transpacific Broadband Group International (TBGI) is eyeing to create a subsidiary that will build cell site towers to be offered to telcos for common use under lease.
The NBP is the flagship initiative of the government for the acceleration of the deployment of fiber-optic cables and wireless technologies to improve the Internet connection speed in the country.
The DICT said common tower providers and telecommunication firms need not worry about securing permits for telecommunication towers as the agency will take care of that concern.
The DICT said common tower providers and telecommunication firms need not worry about securing permits for telecommunication towers as the agency will take care of that concern.
Created by IBM in 2011 and first implemented in public schools in New York, the P-TECH program creates a direct path between high school, college, and career by linking the education sector with local companies.
With the adoption of a ?game-changing? labor policy through the passage of the Telecommuting Act, the government is urging telecommunication companies to level up their game to provide reliable Internet connection for workers.
Under the draft memorandum circular crafted by presidential adviser on ICT Ramon Jacinto, a maximum of two independent tower companies may be registered by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) in the first four years of the implementation of the policy.
The Benguet Electric Cooperative (Beneco), which was earlier tapped by the government to serve as an Internet service provider in the Cordillera region, said it has entered into a business partnership with broadband provider Converge ICT.
