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Telecommunications giant Alcatel is asking the Philippine government to honor
its contract under the defunct P53-billion Municipal Telephone Development
Program (MTDP) while expressing a desire to review the service contract and
possibly negotiate for better terms, the Economic Mobilization Group (EMG)
indicated that government is likely to honor the contract even if the project
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But the EMG said it wants to make sure that "every single component of the
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Alcatel signed in 1995 a memorandum of understanding with 
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Program (MTDP) while expressing a desire to review the service contract and
possibly negotiate for better terms, the Economic Mobilization Group (EMG)
indicated that government is likely to honor the contract even if the project
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Alcatel asks gov't to honor MTDP contract

By Des Ferriols | April 23, 2000 - 12:00am

Telecommunications giant Alcatel is asking the Philippine government to honor its contract under the defunct P53-billion Municipal Telephone Development Program (MTDP) while expressing a desire to review the...

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