ADVERTISEMENTThis, as he cited the need for Congress to empower the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) so that it can set compulsory deadlines for industry players to deliver faster internet speeds. “We want the NTC to set faster internet speed targets every year, and then penalize the service providers that fail to deliver,” Campos said. “Among the 10 member countries of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), for instance, our average mobile internet speed is ranked the second-slowest,” Campos pointed out. “In fact, our 18.49 Mbps represents just 60 percent of the 30.94 Mbps average mobile Internet speed across all ASEAN members,” he added. “We are more concerned about mobile internet speed because an overwhelming majority of Filipinos now access the web through their smartphones via their cellular telephone service provider,” the lawmaker further said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 27, 2020 11:26 UTC