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.
Lawmakers from the Senate and the House of Representatives have criticized the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) for mismanaging the country?s radio frequency spectrum.
Telcos have proposed that only the averaged speed of the entire local ISP industry should be published by the NTC and not the individual speed of each operator.
