Like "end of drug problems" in 3 to 6 months,
"endo of ENDO"
"salary of soldiers and police doubled"
"creation of FOI"
"salary of teachers doubled"
the list is too long, I cannot recall all... not mentionning the number of times he said he will resign if... now we have to add the empty promise of a 3rd Telco by March 2018! Even the name of a 3rd Telco cannot be given at that date... amybe by may, at the earliest... but before a new Telco can compete with Globe and Smart it will take at least 5 years!!
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"Completing the technical, legal, and corporate requirements of putting up a full-service telco – offering voice, SMS, and data – operating nationwide will take years," Mirandilla-Santos told Rappler in an e-mail.
Although naming an entrant is "doable" by March, Pierre Galla, co-founder of Democracy.Net.PH, said "expectations should be managed as to whether or not the third player shall already be offering services to the public."
For Galla, the highest barrier to entry – assuming the foreign ownership issue is hurdled – is the requirement of the entity to secure a legislative franchise.
"It appears that it takes about 3 to 5 years to secure a legislative franchise, but given the fact that both houses of Congress are dominated by the President's allies, such a requirement may not take too long," he added.
"endo of ENDO"
"salary of soldiers and police doubled"
"creation of FOI"
"salary of teachers doubled"
the list is too long, I cannot recall all... not mentionning the number of times he said he will resign if... now we have to add the empty promise of a 3rd Telco by March 2018! Even the name of a 3rd Telco cannot be given at that date... amybe by may, at the earliest... but before a new Telco can compete with Globe and Smart it will take at least 5 years!!
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"Completing the technical, legal, and corporate requirements of putting up a full-service telco – offering voice, SMS, and data – operating nationwide will take years," Mirandilla-Santos told Rappler in an e-mail.
Although naming an entrant is "doable" by March, Pierre Galla, co-founder of Democracy.Net.PH, said "expectations should be managed as to whether or not the third player shall already be offering services to the public."
For Galla, the highest barrier to entry – assuming the foreign ownership issue is hurdled – is the requirement of the entity to secure a legislative franchise.
"It appears that it takes about 3 to 5 years to secure a legislative franchise, but given the fact that both houses of Congress are dominated by the President's allies, such a requirement may not take too long," he added.