DICT defends 3rd telco processhome/News/Top Stories/DICT defends 3rd telco processThe acting chief of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said the selection process for the third telco had been “transparent” amid continuous tirades from the losing bidders. In lengthy Facebook posts on Saturday, acting DICT chief Eliseo Rio Jr. answered the complaints of Sear Consortium and Philippine Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (PT&T). Despite this, the losers still impute that the process was rigged in favor Mislatel,” he said. “Again, [NTC-selection committee] and NTC En Banc have no jurisdiction to decide on contractual disputes,” Rio said. “An ICT practitioner would even say that technically and financially, it would be a promise impossible to fulfill,” Rio added.

Source: Manila Times November 25, 2018 16:18 UTC