CEBU CITY – At least four local firms in consortium with foreign telecommunications companies have expressed interest to bid as a new and third telco player in the country, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said. Although he refused to disclose the local firms, DICT acting Secretary Eliseo Rio Jr. said these firms have partnered with foreign telco companies, including China Telecom, LG U+ of South Korea, KDDI Corp. of Japan, and companies from Vietnam and the US. “The needed infra will be part of their Committed Level of Services (CLOS) that they have to roll out upon award of the third telco player. The winning bidder’s committed level of service would then become the government’s basis in monitoring the compliance of the entering telco player. So we are trying to make this third player to be a model that will greatly improve our ICT (information and communications technology).

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 04, 2018 06:56 UTC