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The Municipal Telephone Project Office (MTPO) expects to bring down the cost of
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as much as 75 percent once it completes renegotiations with foreign
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This was pointed out over the weekend by Undersecretary for Transportation and
MTPO project director Willie Evangelista during the Telecommunications cluster
meeting.

Evangelista said that from the original contracts of about $20,000 - $30,000
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as much as 75 percent once it completes renegotiations with foreign
suppliers.

This was pointed out over the weekend by Undersecretary for Transportation and
MTPO project director Willie Evangelista during the Telecommunications cluster
meeting.

Evangelista said that from the original contracts of about $20,000 - $30,000
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MTPO works to cut cost of rural phone program

By by Marigold Yao-Endriga | January 24, 2000 - 12:00am

The Municipal Telephone Project Office (MTPO) expects to bring down the cost of the "grossly overpriced" multi-billion "Telepono sa Barangay" (TSB) program by as much as 75 percent once it completes renegotiations...

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