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GR NO. 84404 on the following grounds: (1) ETCI is not capacitated or qualified un-
February 18, 1990 der its legislative franchise to operate a systemwide telephone or
Topic: Art. 414, 426 network of telephone service such as the one proposed in its applica-
Petitioners: PLDT tion; (2) ETCI lacks the facilities needed and indispensable to the
Respondents: NTC ( National Telecommunication Commission ) successful operation of the proposed cellular mobile telephone sys-
Ponente: Melencio-Herera tem; (3) PLDT has itself a pending application with NTC, Case No.
86-86, to install and operate a Cellular Mobile Telephone System for
domestic and international service not only in Manila but also in the
RECIT-READY/SUMMARY:
provinces and that under the "prior operator" or "protection of invest-
ment" doctrine, PLDT has the priority or preference in the operation
of such service; and (4) the provisional authority, if granted, will result
in needless, uneconomical and harmful duplication, among others.