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MOODY’S INVESTORS Service on Thursday said it expects the revenue growth of Philippine telecommunications companies to remain stable in 2021.

THE capital expenditure (capex) of the “incumbent” telecommunications companies is expected to increase by up to 25% next year, driven by regulatory pressure and the planned commercial launch of telco startup DITO Telecommunity Corp. in March, Fitch Ratings said.

BETTER CONNECTIVITY in remote areas is expected to be achievable with stimulus legislation shortening the permit waiting times for cellular towers and triggering a “Build, Build, Build”-type boom for telecommunications infrastructure, an industry official said.

INVESTOR sentiment against Globe Telecom, Inc. and PLDT, Inc. is turning negative after President Rodrigo R. Duterte threatened to shut down the telecommunications giants if they fail to improve services by December, analysts said.

PHILIPPINE telecommunications service providers are working double time to ensure minimal disruption to their operations as more consumers have begun working from home due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

THE country’s telecommunications companies have formed a joint venture (JV) that will bring them closer to implementing the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) Act.

FITCH Ratings on Wednesday affirmed the long-term foreign- and local-currency issuer default ratings (IDR) of PLDT Inc. at “BBB,” and of Globe Telecom, Inc. at “BBB-.”

TELECOMMUNICATION firms are supportive of the government’s policy on shared infrastructure assets such as cell towers, but have yet to get details on the proposed memorandum of understanding (MoU) that the regulator wants to sign with them.

THE DEPARTMENT of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is seeking to implement a policy requiring telecommunications companies to unlock mobile devices after a lock-in period.

By Patrizia Paola C. Marcelo, Reporter THE government will implement a common tower policy, which will require current telecom operators to lease cell towers from...