#NTC Roblox

Roblox may be blocked in the Philippines after the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) shortened its deadline for the company to respond to safety concerns from 30 days to 15. The CICC said Roblox did not cooperate with its request to address issues related to online safety. The decision was discussed during a meeting in Quezon City with the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and local telecom companies. Telcos agreed to prepare to block access to Roblox across the country, setting up the system needed if the ban pushes through. Roblox is widely used in the Philippines, especially among young players. The country's top telcos, Globe Telecom and Smart Communications, recently passed NTC's Quality of Service (Qos) Benchmarking Tests for the second quarter of this year. According to NTC's results, Globe improved to 1.46% from 2.6% (lower is better) while Smart fell back a bit at 1.26% from 0.87%. "Based on the grade of service, both parties passed the less than or equal to four percent (4%) performance standard of the Commission, meaning no more than four blocked calls is allowed for every 100 call attempts," said NTC. Read more in our articles including "Roblox faces 15-day deadline after no cooperation" and "Globe and Smart pass NTC's QoS tests for Q2".