The bill's main author said the maintenance of private telecommunications networks is an acceptable practice among large organizations for their efficient interconnection over extended geographical areas.
Among the companies that have expressed their intent to bid as a third telco player are PT&T, Now Corporation, Converge ICT, TransPacific Broadband Group, and Easy Call Communications Philippines.
OneWatt, a startup that uses non-invasive sensors to ?listen? to industrial motors to predict and identify faults, has won the Philippine round of Seedstars World and will represent the country at the Seedstars Summit in Switzerland to compete for up to $1 million in equity investment and other prizes.
"New collar" jobs or occupations which have evolved or have been augmented due to the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) by corporations are the hot jobs of the future.
Towers built by the company may also be leased to existing and new telcos to further improve their services amid government efforts to encourage the entry of a new player in the industry.
The bidder to be selected as the country's new major player should not have any merger plans or joint venture agreements with either the dominant telco players, the PCC said.
Brother International has launched its first industrial tube printer PT-E850TKW that allows panel builders, site engineers, server installation technicians and wire installers to print on electrical wires on-site.
