The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said it will respect the decision of Congress regarding the validity of Mislatel's franchise, which was at the center of the Senate hearing last Thursday, Jan. 24.
The Intellectual Property Office (IPOPHL) should have the power to disable access to websites that are being used to infringe on copyrights or facilitate copyright infringement, according to Kabayan party-list representative Ron P. Salo, who is pushing for the passage of House Bill 8001.
The Mislatel consortium, comprised of Udenna Corporation, Chelsea Holdings, and China Telecom, is officially the country?s new player in the telecommunications market after the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issued its ?Confirmation Order? on Monday, November 19.
The lone winning bidder, Mislatel, still needs to undergo a document verification phase within three calendar days before it is confirmed as the country?s third telco player.
The government is set to announce a "provisional" third telco on November 7 barring any decision from the courts, according to Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) acting secretary Eliseo M. Rio Jr.
Presidential adviser for ICT Ramon Jacinto and Globe Telecom legal counsel Froilan Castelo had a heated discussion on the issue of independent cell tower companies in a public forum.
The audit report came just a few days after the COA released a report severely criticizing the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) for its dismal implementation of the government's free WiFi program.
The issuance of the circular, dated May 11, is the first act of Eliseo M. Rio Jr. since being appointed as acting secretary of the DICT on Tuesday, May 8.
