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"We are still talking. It’s making progress, probably slower than we anticipated," PLDT president and CEO Manuel Pangilinan said.


Smart Communications Inc. already signed an interim agreement ahead of  its parent firm with AT&T and MCI Worldcom Inc. recently. 


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                    [Title] => Call rate issue to escalate into RP-US dispute, says solon
                    [Summary] => An administration solon warned yesterday the ongoing commercial quarrel between local telephone firms and American carriers over call termination fees is likely to develop into a Philippine-US dispute.


Catanduanes Rep. Joseph Santiago, former chief of the National Telecommunications  Commission (NTC), said the dispute is now out of the hands of local and US carriers.


"It is now between the regulatory agencies  of the two countries – the NTC and the US Federal Communications  Commission (FCC)," Santiago said.


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"We are still talking. It’s making progress, probably slower than we anticipated," PLDT president and CEO Manuel Pangilinan said.


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                    [Title] => Call rate issue to escalate into RP-US dispute, says solon
                    [Summary] => An administration solon warned yesterday the ongoing commercial quarrel between local telephone firms and American carriers over call termination fees is likely to develop into a Philippine-US dispute.


Catanduanes Rep. Joseph Santiago, former chief of the National Telecommunications  Commission (NTC), said the dispute is now out of the hands of local and US carriers.


"It is now between the regulatory agencies  of the two countries – the NTC and the US Federal Communications  Commission (FCC)," Santiago said.


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PLDT, AT&T talks on call rates moving slowly

December 30, 2003 - 12:00am

The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) has admitted that discussions with US carrier AT&T Corp. on a possible interim agreement on new termination rates are moving "slower than anticipated." "We...

Business

Call rate issue to escalate into RP-US dispute, says solon

By Paolo Romero | March 18, 2003 - 12:00am

An administration solon warned yesterday the ongoing commercial quarrel between local telephone firms and American carriers over call termination fees is likely to develop into a Philippine-US dispute. Catanduanes...

Business