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Globe has asked the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to require DITO Telecommunity to pay for interconnect penalties amounting to PHP 622 million. According to Globe, the penalties were brought about by fraudulent calls placed through DITO's network to Globe, bypassing proper voice traffic channels. The penalty covers one year, from July 2021 to July 2022, and has ballooned due to DITO's refusal to compensate Globe. An average of 1,000 fraudulent calls, which are identified as international in origin but masked as local calls, were allowed to pass through DITO’s network to Globe users every day, which Globe says is in violation of interconnect rules. Globe, to compare, said that zero or no bypass traffic has been allowed to pass from Globe to DITO due to its advanced monitoring systems and sophisticated network protection from illegal calls. Globe says that reports of fraudulent calls continue to illegally pass through DITO’s network. Globe asked the NTC to authorize its temporary disconnection of interconnection trunk lines with DITO until the latter has “taken positive and concrete steps to stop all illegal bypass operations emanating from its network” and paid all its outstanding liabilities to Globe for fraudulent calls. Globe pointed out that fraudulent traffic continues to rise despite DITO’s assurance that it has improved its Fraud Management System capability to block illegal calls. Read more in our articles including "Globe asks NTC to compel DITO to pay PHP 622M penalty for violating interconnect agreement" and "Globe drops Visibility Prepaid Kit price to Php3,500".