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The President took up the cudgels for the Filipino executives who were served subpoenas over the weekend by FBI officials in Honolulu to compel them to testify before a grand jury this week in relation to the ongoing investigation on the rate dispute between Philippine telecom companies and American carriers.


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                    [Title] => DFA hits FBI harassment
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                    [Title] => PLDT opens up network to US carrier Sprint Communications
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Alfredo S. Panlilio, PLDT senior vice president and head of the international and carrier business group, said PLDT has now fully unblocked all circuits connecting the PLDT network to the Sprint network. 


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                    [Title] => NEC to pursue $237-M claim vs Digitel
                    [Summary] => NEC Philippines Inc. said  yesterday it will vigorously pursue its claim before the international arbitration court against Gokongwei-owned Digital Telecommunications Phils. Inc. (Digitel) for the payment of $237 million in unpaid equipment.


Company president Yoshifumi Matsubara said that they are also demanding that JG Summit Holdings, Inc., parent company of Digitel, step into the shoes of its subsidiary and settle 57 percent of the outstanding debt of Digitel to NEC which JG Summit has guaranteed.


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                    [Title] => NTC sets probe of Sky-Home Cable merger
                    [Summary] => The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) is set to investigate whether or not SkyCable and Home Cable secured the required permits from government before they merged operations under the holding company Beyond Cable.


This, as the regulatory agency revealed that it is considering the issuance of  rules prohibiting the creation of monopolies in the cable television industry.


NTC Commissioner Armi Jane Borje told The STAR that under the law, SkyCable and Home Cable need to secure the approval of the commission before they can merge.


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                    [Title] => House urged to fasttrack new separation standard for FM radio
                    [Summary] => The House of Representatives is urging the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to fasttrack the adoption of a new separation standard for FM radio in the country and pave the way for the opening of the radio industry to more players. 


Rep. Joseph Santiago, vice chairman of the House committee on transportation and communications and a former NTC commissioner, said at a recent hearing that the migration from a standard of 800 kilohertz to 400 kHz will solve the problem of how to accommodate new players in the FM radio industry.  


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                    [Title] => NTC to telcos: Reject calls from US carriers
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                    [Title] => Media One test broadcast postponed
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                    [Title] => Narrower FM band spacing poses increased aviation hazard — KBP
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COMMISSIONER ARMI JANE BORJE

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