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Starlink Internet Services Philippines, Inc. has just received its Certificate of Registration as a Value-Added Service (VAS) Provider from the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), one of the requirements the company needs to operate in the country and provide internet services. It is mentioned in the certificate that Starlink shall be allowed access and use of associated spectrum solely for purposes of providing internet services, subject to the availability of frequency. Starlink shall also have direct access to its partner DICT-accredited Satellite Service Provider or Operator (SSPO) and shall build and operate broadband facilities to offer internet services subject to existing laws. Bien Marquez of Quisumbing Torres law firm, thanked the NTC for issuing Starlink's VAS license 30 minutes after it has submitted its application. On the other hand, the NTC said that the swift processing of its registration was meant to expedite the service's immediate roll-out. 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%. Read more in our articles including "Starlink gets Certificate of Registration from NTC" and "Globe and Smart pass NTC's QoS tests for Q2".