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The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is determined to pursue the formulation of a master plan that would address the convergence of telecommunications, computers and broadcast.

This was the thrust of a speech delivered by DOTC Secretary Vicente Rivera Jr. during the Asia-Pacific Economic Council (APEC) fourth ministerial meeting on telecommunications and information industry being held at Cancun, Mexico.

Rivera said the master plan will include a comprehensive policy framework and specific recommendations for regulatory and institutional reforms.

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The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) plans to allow telephone companies to use the Internet as an alternative way of providing consumers with more affordable international long distance (ILD) rates.

In a draft memorandum circular, the NTC said that public telecom entities with specific authority to offer international toll services shall be given an option to use the voice over Internet protocol (VoIP).

VoIP utilizes IP data connections to exchange voice and fax that have traditionally been carried over the public switched telephone network (PSTN). By using VoIP, [DatePublished] => 2000-05-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1199471 [AuthorName] => by Marigold Yao-Endriga [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 100432 [Title] => BellTel hires Siemens to put up land lines [Summary] =>

Bell Telecommunications Philippines Inc. (BellTel) has made a last ditch attempt to avoid cancellation of its license by signing a multi-million peso deal with Siemens of Germany to put up 150,000 landlines before its October 2000 deadline.

Dieter Hansen, Siemens Inc. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1199471 [AuthorName] => by Marigold Yao-Endriga [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 101551 [Title] => BellTel, Philcomsat may lose licenses over rollout scheme [Summary] =>

Bell Telecommunications Philippines Inc. (BellTel) and Philippine Communications Satellite Corp. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1199471 [AuthorName] => by Marigold Yao-Endriga [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )

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The Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) is determined to pursue the formulation of a master plan that would address the convergence of telecommunications, computers and broadcast.

This was the thrust of a speech delivered by DOTC Secretary Vicente Rivera Jr. during the Asia-Pacific Economic Council (APEC) fourth ministerial meeting on telecommunications and information industry being held at Cancun, Mexico.

Rivera said the master plan will include a comprehensive policy framework and specific recommendations for regulatory and institutional reforms.

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The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) plans to allow telephone companies to use the Internet as an alternative way of providing consumers with more affordable international long distance (ILD) rates.

In a draft memorandum circular, the NTC said that public telecom entities with specific authority to offer international toll services shall be given an option to use the voice over Internet protocol (VoIP).

VoIP utilizes IP data connections to exchange voice and fax that have traditionally been carried over the public switched telephone network (PSTN). By using VoIP, [DatePublished] => 2000-05-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1199471 [AuthorName] => by Marigold Yao-Endriga [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 100432 [Title] => BellTel hires Siemens to put up land lines [Summary] =>

Bell Telecommunications Philippines Inc. (BellTel) has made a last ditch attempt to avoid cancellation of its license by signing a multi-million peso deal with Siemens of Germany to put up 150,000 landlines before its October 2000 deadline.

Dieter Hansen, Siemens Inc. [DatePublished] => 2000-04-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1199471 [AuthorName] => by Marigold Yao-Endriga [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 101551 [Title] => BellTel, Philcomsat may lose licenses over rollout scheme [Summary] =>

Bell Telecommunications Philippines Inc. (BellTel) and Philippine Communications Satellite Corp. [DatePublished] => 2000-02-04 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1199471 [AuthorName] => by Marigold Yao-Endriga [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )

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