NTC hearing on PLDT-Digitel deal on May 23

And one of the first steps to protection is making sure the market has enough companies in competition with each other.

I am not sure how NTC will ensure there’s enough competition in the telecommunications industry. Indeed, competition may lower the prices or provide better services but it is still the responsibility of the government to have at least some control on these companies. Let’s look at the petroleum industry, there are actually a good number of oil players but still the gas prices are ridiculously high. Why? It is because of deregulation not because there’s no enough competition. The companies are conspiringly monopolizing. I am still wondering how much money our lawmakers (and the president that time) got just to pass the oil deregulation law.

may point ka kuya :))

CORRECTION PO:
===FROM===
FOR BROADBAND EXPANSION
Mabilis nakapag-rollout ang Sun ng nationwide 3G/3.5G broadband network making it viable para sa EXPANSION PLANS ng Sun Cellular since their 3G/3.5 network infrastructure is DIFFERENT from its 2G/GPRS/EDGE network.
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Mabilis nakapag-rollout ang Sun ng nationwide 3G/3.5G broadband network making it viable para sa EXPANSION PLANS ng SMART Communications since SUN’s 3G/3.5 network infrastructure is ENTIRELY DIFFERENT from its 2G/GPRS/EDGE network (as to location/cellsite). Well planned yung positioning ng mga sites (radius) based sa maps on Sun Shops. Sun targeted HIGHLY RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL AREAS like subdivisions.

Historical Net Income/Loss of Digitel
2003 – Net Loss 1.29 Billion
2004 – Net Loss 1.81 Billion
2005 – Net Loss 1.50 Billion
2006 – Net Loss 963 Million
2007 – Net Income 1.17 Billion
2008 – Net Loss 1.98 Billion
2009 – Net Income 259 Million
2010 – Net Income 429 Million

Mukhang hindi malaki yung kinikita nila kundi mukhang malaki na ang nalulugi sa kanila but it seems na since 2009, positive na ulit ang results making it a good buy for PLDT.

FOR BROADBAND EXPANSION
Mabilis nakapag-rollout ang Sun ng nationwide 3G/3.5G broadband network making it viable para sa EXPANSION PLANS ng Sun Cellular since their 3G/3.5 network infrastructure is DIFFERENT from its 2G/GPRS/EDGE network. Aside from this, matipid na nagagamit ng Sun ang frequency allocation sa kanila na 10mhz that means good management of the bandwidth at puwede nila itong gamitin for future requirements ng SMART network.

For broadband, Smart uses:
WCDMA850 (malakas/malayo ang coverage)
WCDMA1900/2100
Kapag congested ang isang band, you can switch.

Sun Broadband
WCDMA1900/2100

MALAKING HADLANG ANG KAWALAN NG 900MHZ FREQUENCY NG SUN CELLULAR
Lower frequencies allow carriers to provide coverage over a larger area (900mhz not anymore available/already given to other telco), while higher frequencies allow carriers to provide service to more customers in a smaller area (Sun’s 1800 mhz).
—> more cellsites for Sun to cover the country. Kaya still, choppy ang calls.

GIVEN THE SMART-DIGITEL DEAL, WILL SMART SHARE 900mhz to SUN?
I hope. Expect clearer, better call quality of Sun if this will happen.

SMART ang magtutuloy ng magagandang serbisyo ng SUN CELLULAR.

I hope.

Maganda ang sinabi ng PLDT, pero walang kasiguraduhan kung gaano katagal nila pananatiliin ang pangako na iyan. Kahit may say yung may ari sa company, isang say lang yun. Papaano pag majority decision?

aren’t we paying higher tax already ?