Piltel proposing 'network challenge'

[silver_corolla]

MOBILE phone operator Pilipino Telephone Corp. (Piltel) is asking the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to immediately subject Piltel, Innove Communications Inc. and Digital Mobile Philippines (Digitel) to a performance test by an independent and international party.

"We are issuing a network challenge to the NTC," said Piltel head for legal and carrier business group Rogelio Quevedo.

The tests will reveal not only which company is providing substandard service but also which one is offering the best service, he said.

"We will all agree on the choice of the international and independent party that will do the testing. Both Piltel and Globe are willing to split the cost of the tests," Quevedo said.

Piltel and Globe's Innove Communications earlier filed a complaint with the NTC against Digitel, operator of Sun Cellular, for alleged violations of NTC Memo Circular 07-06-2002 on the service performance standards for cellular phone services, which requires all operators to maintain a grade of service of seven percent and a drop call rate of five percent.

Piltel said that according to actual tests Digitel had 38 successful calls out of 100 on the first attempt.

Mobile phone operators are required to have at least 93 successful calls out of 100 on the first attempt.

[explorer]

"We will all agree on the choice of the international and independent party that will do the testing. Both Piltel and Globe are willing to split the cost of the tests," Quevedo said.

huh?! is NTC not independent body? why spent so much millions of pesos just to prove piltel's network performance from an international body? yun bang bad experiences ng mga sun subscribers are not enough to prove that there's really a problem on smart network when the sun subscribers are calling the smart users? ako wala akong problema calling from sun to globe or touch mobile, the problem is calling those smarts and tm subscribers.

[av8or5]

i smell something..hmmmm.

[Tacoma_34]

Piltel blah blah blah

[odell]

anu kaya merun?

[boybi]

grabe na to, sobrang desperado na. ganyan na ba kasakim ang PLDT/Smart sa market share? wala pang 10% ang market share ng sun, sobrang nangangatog na mga binti nila?!?! they're really doing anything and everything para lang siraan ang Sun!

[Tacoma_34]

Sun you will rise !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! According from an insider Globe lost 25% of call/text when Sun introduced the 24/7.

[odell]

tsaka nagclog ang mga calls ng globe un lumabas un parang 24/7 nila... napansin ng dad ko.. sa mga post paid

[OTEP]

They want a challenge like that because network quality is all they have. And network quality is just one aspect of choosing a carrier. There are other factors like cost, customer service, etc. and frankly Smart is not exactly putting up a stellar performance in those aspects.

It's like a Honda SiR owner challenging other 1600 sedans to a drag race. He does because he knows he will win. Pero in terms of luxury and safety features, talo siya.

[kiper]

Ibang klase..walang kapaguran ang mga amo ni silver..

Otep..tama ka jan sa sinabi mo.

Well business is business.. attack your enemy's weak points..


Smart..blah..blah..blah..hehe tawa ako dun ah.

Sana sa KHAOS meron din ganyang makulit katulad ng Smart.

[Elroi]

Piltel said that according to actual tests Digitel had 38 successful calls out of 100 on the first attempt.

Mobile phone operators are required to have at least 93 successful calls out of 100 on the first attempt.

don't mean to offend but actual experience lang po ng wife ko..

my wife's smart sim got activated last March 30 for the unlimited call promo ng smart.. and she swears that out of more than 100 attempts to call during the duration of the promo, she got connected daw around 3-4 times lang... mas mainam pa daw kung di na lang sya nag-activate para nasulit yung 115 load na binawas sa kanya.. di isolated case ito ha, dahil pati mga kasama nya sa work ganun din ang reklamo sa smart..

in fairness to smart, yung 1st activation naman daw nila ay okay ang mga calls kaya nga nung nag-lapse yun ay nag-activate ulit sila kaya lang, pumalpak na ung service the 2nd time around..

[Tacoma_34]

dami ko pa namang kasama sa work abroad mga smart engineers