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Globe Telecom vice president for legal services Ma. Caridad Gonzales informed the Philippine Stock Exchange that the NTC has given the go-signal for the share-swap transaction last Feb. 6,  nearly a year after the concerned parties signed a definite agreement for the deal worth about $2.3 billion.


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NTC approves merger deal of Globe, Islacom

By Christina Mendez | February 8, 2001 - 12:00am

The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has finally approved the merger deal between cellular firms Globe Telecom and Isla Communications Inc. to create the sixth largest telecommunications company in Southeast...

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