Globe supports telecom proposals

February 13, 2017 at 07:28 pm

By Darwin G. Amojelar

Globe Telecom Inc. is supporting bills filed in the Senate, especially those that refer
to the adoption of a nationwide mobile number portability and streamlining of the
permitting process for cell sites to improve efficiency of telecommuting.

Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate committee on economic affairs, has
authored several proposed measures directly affecting the telecommunications
industry that will speed out the rollout of telecom services in the country, improve
speed and service of the internet, and lower the cost for the consumers.

We have always taken the position that government support is indispensable in

enhancing the countrys ICT capacities, which is vital in growing the economy,
Globe general counsel Froilan Castelo said.

We hope that any move to reform the telco industry should include formulation of
policies that would fast track the development of the ICT industry as a whole to
further boost economic development, he added.

He pointed out that GSMA reported in October 2016 that the mobile ecosystem in
Asia Pacific, consisting of network operators, infrastructure service providers,
retailers and distributors of mobile products and services, handset manufacturers
and mobile content, application and service providers, maked a significant
contribution to their respective economies in terms of economic growth, job creation
and public funding.

According to GSMA, the total value added generated by the mobile ecosystem was
around $440 billion (or 1.8 percent of gross domestic product) with network
operators accounting for well over half of this total.

In addition, the use of mobile technology also drives improvements in productivity

and efficiency for workers and firms. GSMA estimates that productivity impacts were
worth around $737 billion in 2015 (or 3 percent of GDP).

Overall, taking into account the direct, indirect and productivity impacts, in 2015
the mobile industry made a total contribution of $1.3 trillion to the Asia-Pacific
economies in value added terms, equivalent to 5.4% of the regions total GDP,
GSMA added.

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Synthesis:

The article talks about Globe Telecom Inc. supporting bills filed in the Senate,
especially those that refer to the adoption of a nationwide mobile number portability
and streamlining of the permitting process for cell sites to improve efficiency of
telecommuting. According to Froilan Castelo, Globe general counsel, they have
always taken the position that government support is indispensable in enhancing the
countrys ICT capacities, which is vital in growing the economy. They hope that any
move to reform the telco industry should include formulation of policies that would
fast track the development of the ICT industry as a whole to further boost economic
development.

The telecommunication industry comprises devices, systems, and

technologies that make communication over a distance possible. The initial years of
traditional wires telephones are now a distant reality with todays telecommunication
industry being defined by cutting-edge optical fibers, satellite communications,
wireless communications and the internet.

I think if the bills will be passed, it would be a huge help in boosting our
economic development. Since we are one of the countries who has the slowest
internet connection in the continent, I think it is important that they proposed
measures that will speed out the rollout of telecom services in the country, improve
speed and service of the internet, and lower the cost for the consumers.