According to Interaksyon, the Philippines’ National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has issued a draft implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for a new law criminalising cable TV (CATV) and internet signal theft. Under the draft rules, any person or private entity is prohibited from intercepting or receiving any signal or service offered over a CATV or cable internet signal by tapping, making or causing to be made, any connection to an existing CATV or cable internet network … [Read more...] about NTC issues guidelines on cable TV and internet signal theft
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Philippines: NTC to issue new guidelines to regulate telcos
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) will soon issue new memorandum circulars (MC), in a bid to give itself more teeth in exercising its regulatory powers in a deregulated industry. The provisions that will be contained in the new circular will not be exactly similar to the nine-year-old MC, which to-date has remained unimplemented because the phone companies are opposed to the policies, according to deputy commissioner Douglas Michael Mallillin, as reported by The Business Mirror. … [Read more...] about Philippines: NTC to issue new guidelines to regulate telcos
