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                    [Title] => NTC sets for June 2001 bidding for 3G frequencies
                    [Summary] => The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has scheduled for June next year the bidding for the frequencies needed to engage in third generation (3G) mobile telecommunications.


This was learned even as an inter-agency body created by President Estrada to formulate the guidelines necessary to bid out frequencies has yet to issue the rules, which are supposed to be out by year-end.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 98075 [Title] => Cellular firms buck government plan on frequencies [Summary] => The country’s leading cellular companies will oppose plans by government to bid out frequencies needed to engage in third generation (3G) mobile telecommunication, a much sought after technology worldwide.

The National Telecommunications Commission announced last Tuesday government’s plan to bid out 3G licenses sometime during the third quarter of next year, but plans to limit it to only two or three bidders.
[DatePublished] => 2000-12-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 98420 [Title] => Globe, Smart say there is no network congestion [Summary] => In a last ditch effort to make the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) decide favorably on the status of their networks, rival firms Globe Telecom and Smart Communications Inc. have submitted additional evidence to prove that they are not suffering from congestion.

The NTC already completed the technical investigation last Sept. 25 but Smart and Globe are still trying to convince the regulatory body to again look into their respective networks.
[DatePublished] => 2000-10-05 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1199471 [AuthorName] => by Marigold Yao-Endriga [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 99284 [Title] => Digitel to wait longer for NTC cellphone permit [Summary] =>

Digital Telecommunications Philippines Inc. (Digitel) has been left out in the 20 Megahertz radio frequently reallocation of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), dimming its chances of immediately getting a provisional authority (PA) to operate cellular phone services.

Already, the NTC has approved the application of newcomer Bayan Telecommunications Inc. (BayanTel) for 10 Mhz frequency. Another five Mhz was given to Smart Communications Inc. [DatePublished] => 2000-06-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1199471 [AuthorName] => by Marigold Yao-Endriga [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 99207 [Title] => NTC bracing for entry of 3G mobile phone system [Summary] =>

The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) is set to reallocate more radio frequencies in preparation for the third generation (3G) mobile phone system which is already tested in some countries.

With speeds nearly three times faster than today's basic rate, the new system is expected to change the way people communicate, access information, work or even carry out social or personal activities.

NTC Deputy Commissioner Nestor Dacanay is currently in Turkey to attend a conference on International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 (IMT-2000), an advanced mobile communications [DatePublished] => 2000-05-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1199471 [AuthorName] => by Marigold Yao-Endriga [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )

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