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Time for Cebu, Visayas netizens to bat for #betterinternet

By Tonyo Cruz Wed, May 25, 2011 7:07PM UTC View Comments

On May 27, the National Telecommunications Commission will hold a public consultation at its regional office in Mandaue City, Cebu regarding the controversial memorandum-circular on minimum broadband speeds. Here is the official notice from the NTC: NOTICE OF REGIONAL PUBLIC CONSULTATION The NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (NTC) is inviting all affected and interested parties to the...

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‘Stuck in a rut’: Thailand’s troubled telecom industry

By Jon Russell Sun, Mar 13, 2011 12:00PM UTC View Comments

Thai worker works on a cell phone tower in Bangkok. Pic: AP.

I’m still catching up with reading after a week and a bit offline but will be highlighting pertinent items I missed during the period in forthcoming blogs. Posts will likely to be shorter than usual on analysis, else I’ll never beat the backlog. First up, Developing Telecoms has a must read on the Thai telecom...

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Netizens reject Philippine broadband cap

By Tonyo Cruz Thu, Dec 30, 2010 1:16PM UTC View Comments

Filipino netizens are up in arms over a draft memorandum-circular of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) imposing caps on broadband internet services. Netizens’ opening salvo: Want to poke the telcos? Want to superpoke the NTC? Sign your name now to the netizens’ petition against the broadband cap, for #betterinternet What irks us most is that...

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