The Duterte administration is planning to consider building a national broadband network to improve Internet services especially in remote areas in the country.
According to Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, the broadband proposal was discussed in the Cabinet meeting held by President Duterte last Monday amid complaints on the services given by private telecommunication companies.
Andanar said that there are two way to do it: "Either you create it yourself, iyong gobyerno pero napakamahal, magtatayo ka ng sarili mong parang Telco or the other one is to provide for the areas na wala pa iyong pribado," he said.
According to Andanar, in areas without Internet connection, fiber optic cables and cell sites must be established to strengthen the digital service.
When asked why the government may venture in telecoms, Andanar said in Filipino: “Why the government? Because the sentiment is we have been short-changed in services.”
Source: Manila Bulletin
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