#third telco

This also means that, currently, they are the third telco operating in the country. Mislatel Consortium, comprised of  Udenna Corp., Chelsea Holdings, and China Telecom, has been declared by the NTC as the provisional third NMP. has formally returned one of its frequencies for free to the government, as the country prepares for the entry of a third telco player. or CURE. The telco's mobile unit Smart acquired the CURE frequency in 2007 and used it to launch the now defunct Red Mobile. Pangilinan The Department of Information and Communications Technology or DICT expects the new major telco player to be identified within the last week of May until the first week of June this year. President Rodrigo Duterte is rushing the entry of China Telecom into the country as the third telecoms player, ordering the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to make sure that it will be up and running by early next year. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque was quoted as saying in a Palace briefing that, "The President has issued a directive to the NTC and the DICT to ensure that the third telco player will be up and about by the first quarter of 2018,”. Read more in our articles including "Mislatel changes name to Dito Telecommunity Corp." and "Mislatel declared as provisional 3rd telco".