A Court of Appeals in the Philippines has reportedly ruled in favour of the telecoms regulator’s decision to award a 3G spectrum to a telco that was ultimately acquired by the incumbent Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) company.
According to the…
A Court of Appeals in the Philippines has reportedly ruled in favour of the telecoms regulator’s decision to award a 3G spectrum to a telco that was ultimately acquired by the incumbent Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) company.
According to the Manila Standard, the regulator, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), had granted 3G frequencies to four companies in 2006: Connectivity Unlimited Resources Enterprise (CURE), Digital Telecommunications Philippines, Globe Telecom and Smart Communications (a subsidiary of PLDT).
CURE is now a unit of PLDT.
According to the newspaper report, the court of appeals dismissed separate appeals from AZ Communication Network and Multi-Media Telephony.
Multi-Media Telephony reportedly argued that the NTC’s evaluation of 3G applicants violated due process.
