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                    [Title] => NTC awards permanent license to Smart
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                    [Title] => NTC reviews Smart complaint vs Digitel
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                    [Title] => Group seeks probe of planned Nextel buyout
                    [Summary] => A consumer group is urging Congress and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to investigate the planned buyout of Nextel Communications Philippines, Inc. (NCPI) by a private consortium allegedly led by the Marsman/Drysdale group and other businessmen with strong ties to the Arroyo administration.


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                    [Title] => ‘NTC should  avoid repeat of Bombo fiasco’
                    [Summary] => The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) should reexamine its system of monitoring media franchises to avoid the repetition of the Bombo Radyo fiasco, opposition Sen. Tessie Aquino-Oreta said yesterday.


Oreta cited the admission of NTC Commissioner Eliseo Rio at a recent Senate hearing that it erred in suspending the operations of Bombo stations in Cauayan, Isabela and Butuan City and threatening to close down 11 more.


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                    [Title] => Government, cellphone firms agree to block stolen units
                    [Summary] => In a bid to arrest the rising incidence of cellular phone theft, government together with the mobile phone service providers have agreed to render useless any GSM handset, whether prepaid or postpaid, that is reported stolen or lost.


No other country is said to have resorted to blocking of what is known as international mobile equipment identification number (IMEIs) to prevent mobile phone theft. Instances of blocking in other countries cover only defective units.


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                    [Title] => DOTC at NTC mga 'weakest link'
                    [Summary] => Itinuturing ni Senadora Tessie Aquino-Oreta sina Department of Transportation and Communication(DOTC)  Secretary Pantaleon Alvarez  at National Telecommunication Commission (NTC) Commissioner Eliseo Rio bilang mga "weakest link" ng Arroyo administration dahilan sa kabiguan nitong ipatupad ang kanilang mga binuong circular na nilabag ng Smart Communications at Globe Telecoms.


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                    [Title] => NTC to probe cable TV fiasco
                    [Summary] => The National Telecommunication Commission (NTC) said yesterday it would investigate the pullout of channels by local cable operators as well as their planned rate increase.


Carlos Salijuan, NTC chief for broadcast, noted that there have been mounting complaints against cable operators following the decision of Australia-based Star Group Inc. to cut off cable feed of 10 popular channels to local companies SkyCable, Home Cable and Pilipino Cable.


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                    [Title] => NTC starts consultations on interconnection fees
                    [Summary] => The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) will start public consultations today (Wednesday) on the proposed implementing rules and regulations that will require public telecommunications entities (PTEs) – both mobile and fixed telephony – to move towards cost-based interconnection charges.


The NTC is tasked to establish a specific cost methodology in the form of wholesale pricing principles and guidelines for PTEs to provide telecommunications services at cost-based prices that are "transparent, reasonable, and having regard for economic feasibility."

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                    [Title] => BayanTel seeks guidelines on access charges
                    [Summary] => Lopez-owned Bayan Telecommunications Inc. (BayanTel) has asked the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to come up with clear cut guidelines on the allowable levels of access charges.


BayanTel senior vice president and chief finance officer Gary Olivar informed NTC Commissioner Eliseo Rio that some local exchange carriers (LECs) are being pressured into accepting the access charge levels unconditionally under threat of being blocked off unless they concur.


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                    [Title] => NTC bats for P1/10-sec cellphone call
                    [Summary] => One peso for a 10-second mobile phone call?


This is what the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has asked the different cellular mobile telephone system (CMTS) service providers to look into, in order for the government to allow them to continue implementing their move to reduce free text message allocations.


NTC Commissioner Eliseo Rio brought up the idea in separate discussions with Globe Telecom, Smart Communications, Pilipino Telephone Inc. (Piltel), and Isla Communications (Islacom), all of which said they would study the proposal.


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COMMISSIONER ELISEO RIO

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Oreta cited the admission of NTC Commissioner Eliseo Rio at a recent Senate hearing that it erred in suspending the operations of Bombo stations in Cauayan, Isabela and Butuan City and threatening to close down 11 more.


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Carlos Salijuan, NTC chief for broadcast, noted that there have been mounting complaints against cable operators following the decision of Australia-based Star Group Inc. to cut off cable feed of 10 popular channels to local companies SkyCable, Home Cable and Pilipino Cable.


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BayanTel senior vice president and chief finance officer Gary Olivar informed NTC Commissioner Eliseo Rio that some local exchange carriers (LECs) are being pressured into accepting the access charge levels unconditionally under threat of being blocked off unless they concur.


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NTC Commissioner Eliseo Rio brought up the idea in separate discussions with Globe Telecom, Smart Communications, Pilipino Telephone Inc. (Piltel), and Isla Communications (Islacom), all of which said they would study the proposal.


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