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    By Carlo Leo C. Manuel
    Tuesday, 05 31, 2005


    Catanduanes Rep. Joseph Santiago, a former commissioner of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), is calling for the abolition of the very agency he once headed due to the provisional order the NTC issued last week which he said effectively erased the network quality standards previously imposed on mobile phone operators.

    In a statement, Rep. Santiago said the NTC has abandoned its duty to monitor and maintain the network quality standards of cellphone companies.

    “This is a case where a government regulator has voluntarily rendered itself toothless. In its latest ruling, the NTC has surrended its power to set and compel compliance with network performance standards to the very companies they are supposed to regulate,” he said. “The NTC has just committed hara-kiri. What is the point of spending public money on this agency? It might as well be abolished.”

    Santiago served as NTC commissioner from December 1998 to January 2001.

    Under NTC Memo Circular 07-06-2002, mobile phone operators were mandated to maintain a Grade of Service (GOS) of at least 7 percent and a dropped call rate of only 5 percent. This means that not more than seven out of every 100 calls shall fail on the first attempt and not more than 5 out of 100 calls shall be prematurely and involuntarily terminated.

    But under the new guidelines the NTC has issued, operators can set their own minimum service performance standards for new price plans as long as they disclose these standards to the NTC and the public. These carriers are given two years to comply with the standards set by the 2002 memo circular.

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    Quote Originally Posted by silver_corolla
    [B]“The NTC has just committed hara-kiri. What is the point of spending public money on this agency? It might as well be abolished.”
    he must be smoking pot since it is the NTC that is contributing to the nat'l treasury (hundreds of millions, even billions when the 3g licensing pushes through) while they only operate on a shoestring budget.

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    Hay meron na namang politikong nabayaran. When smart or globe started way back before, the quality isn't that good either so ano problema ngaun sa Sun? Hayaan na lang nila ang tao ang pumili kung ano'ng network gusto nila.

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    Pumapapel....

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    Globe was down when people had difficulty sending text messages to one another. Smart made a good impression especially when Santiago himself urged the two networks to interconnect as Globe refused to allow sending and receiving SMS to and from Smart users. A few years later, Sun came in as a more affordable network, currently describable as all-show and not much go.

    The saying prevails, "Pay more for more."

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    maybe a few months back pwede pa yang all-show and not much go for sun.. pero ngayon maganda na siya lesser ang problems, easier ang connection, even ang quality and even ang length tumatagal na talaga hehe pero syempre not like the other two telcos pa rin...

    anyway.. dadating din naman yan dyan, yung ginawa nga ng NTC parang binawasan lang ang chance na mamonopolize(tama ba term?) ng globe and smart ang telco industry.

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    This is stupid:

    "But under the new guidelines the NTC has issued, operators can set their own minimum service performance standards for new price plans as long as they disclose these standards to the NTC and the public."

    They're supposed to be this "regulatory body" which looks out for the best interests of the consumers. Hay, buhay.

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    Insider info lang po. I've worked in the telecom industry. The present Commissioner has no experience with telecoms kasi. I guess if he's replaced with someone who's from the industry, then the NTC memorandum circulars would make better sense.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yoda
    This is stupid:

    "But under the new guidelines the NTC has issued, operators can set their own minimum service performance standards for new price plans as long as they disclose these standards to the NTC and the public."

    They're supposed to be this "regulatory body" which looks out for the best interests of the consumers. Hay, buhay.
    MISMO! What's the point of their existence anyway.
    The direction should always be for the better. If the new comers cannot meet the existing standards. Then don't operate. That simple.

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    Quote Originally Posted by silver_corolla
    Santiago served as NTC commissioner from December 1998 to January 2001.
    Ah yes... I remember the good old days when you have to:

    > stand on a chair / bench
    > extend your arm while clutching your fone
    > point the antenna of your fone towards yourself (sinong nagpauso ba nito?)

    just to send text messages.

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