The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) have entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to tighten oversight of the country’s data transmission sector, a move seen to impact market dynamics as connectivity demand continues to rise.
Converge ICT Solutions is collaborating with Ribbon Communications to pioneer in the Philippines the latter’s leading-edge Apollo optical networking system which will optimize data transmission across the Internet provider’s backbone network.
NEDA said the bill promotes more competition in the telecommunications sector by removing the requirement of a legislative franchise for players seeking to build their networks.
