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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 254145 [Title] => RP telcos prepare for legal battle over US FCC ruling [Summary] => The countrys leading telecommunications companies are preparing to take legal action against a recent order of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) finding them guilty of whipsawing when they unilaterally raised last year the termination rates they charge American carriers for calls landing in the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 241873 [Title] => US FCC lifts order vs PLDT unit [Summary] => The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has lifted the stop-payment order issued against PLDT subsidiary Subic Telecom, thereby allowing US telecommunications companies to resume payments to the Philippine carrier.
The FCC earlier gave the go-signal for US facilities-based carriers to resume payments to PLDT, Smart Communications, Globe Telecom, Bayan Telecommunications (Bayantel), and Digital Telecommunications (Digitel).
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 202751 [Title] => PLDT, Globe ask US FCC to review ruling [Summary] => Two of the countrys biggest telecommunications companies have asked the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) en banc to review a ruling issued by an FCC bureau which, among other things, prohibited American telcos from making any payments for services already rendered by these two Philippine firms, The STAR learned.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 200601 [Title] => Local telcos accuse AT&T of bad faith [Summary] => Local telecommunications companies have accused US carrier AT&T of "bad faith" after the latter increased the amount it charges its American wholesalers for US calls to the Philippines without a corresponding increase in its cost.
The STAR obtained a copy of a recent communication from AT&T to all countries notifying them of the new rates for the respective countries. In the case of the Philippines, the new rate is 12 cents a minute for calls from the US to Philippine landlines and 16 cents for calls to mobile networks.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 197057 [Title] => NTC to telcos: Bar US calls from AT&T, MCI [Summary] => The Philippine government, through the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), has finally given local telecommunications companies the go-signal to disallow calls coming in from the United States through the networks of AT&T and MCI/Worldcom. [DatePublished] => 2003-02-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 196075 [Title] => AT&T breaks silence, says RP telcos blocking calls from US [Summary] => US telecommunications giant AT&T yesterday finally broke its silence and accused Philippine carriers of blocking calls from the US to the Philippines and raising their call rates to the detriment of local customers.
On the other hand, local carriers are saying that AT&T and Worldcom are muddling the issue which is a simple sharing of call revenues. "AT&T and Worldcom can choose to forego some of their profits and allow us to increase our share, without increasing the call rates to the customers," they said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 254145 [Title] => RP telcos prepare for legal battle over US FCC ruling [Summary] => The countrys leading telecommunications companies are preparing to take legal action against a recent order of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) finding them guilty of whipsawing when they unilaterally raised last year the termination rates they charge American carriers for calls landing in the Philippines.
[DatePublished] => 2004-06-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 241873 [Title] => US FCC lifts order vs PLDT unit [Summary] => The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has lifted the stop-payment order issued against PLDT subsidiary Subic Telecom, thereby allowing US telecommunications companies to resume payments to the Philippine carrier.
The FCC earlier gave the go-signal for US facilities-based carriers to resume payments to PLDT, Smart Communications, Globe Telecom, Bayan Telecommunications (Bayantel), and Digital Telecommunications (Digitel).
[DatePublished] => 2004-03-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 202751 [Title] => PLDT, Globe ask US FCC to review ruling [Summary] => Two of the countrys biggest telecommunications companies have asked the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) en banc to review a ruling issued by an FCC bureau which, among other things, prohibited American telcos from making any payments for services already rendered by these two Philippine firms, The STAR learned.
[DatePublished] => 2003-04-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 200601 [Title] => Local telcos accuse AT&T of bad faith [Summary] => Local telecommunications companies have accused US carrier AT&T of "bad faith" after the latter increased the amount it charges its American wholesalers for US calls to the Philippines without a corresponding increase in its cost.
The STAR obtained a copy of a recent communication from AT&T to all countries notifying them of the new rates for the respective countries. In the case of the Philippines, the new rate is 12 cents a minute for calls from the US to Philippine landlines and 16 cents for calls to mobile networks.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 197057 [Title] => NTC to telcos: Bar US calls from AT&T, MCI [Summary] => The Philippine government, through the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), has finally given local telecommunications companies the go-signal to disallow calls coming in from the United States through the networks of AT&T and MCI/Worldcom. [DatePublished] => 2003-02-28 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 196075 [Title] => AT&T breaks silence, says RP telcos blocking calls from US [Summary] => US telecommunications giant AT&T yesterday finally broke its silence and accused Philippine carriers of blocking calls from the US to the Philippines and raising their call rates to the detriment of local customers.
On the other hand, local carriers are saying that AT&T and Worldcom are muddling the issue which is a simple sharing of call revenues. "AT&T and Worldcom can choose to forego some of their profits and allow us to increase our share, without increasing the call rates to the customers," they said.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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