A Makati court has junked the plea of News and Entertainment Network Corp. (Newsnet) to stop the implementation of a National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) memorandum circular, which reallocated Newsnet’s frequency for the International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT).
A Makati court has junked the plea of News and Entertainment Network Corp. to stop the implementation of a National Telecommunications Commission memorandum circular, which reallocated Newsnet’s frequency for the International Mobile Telecommunications .Newsnet is a cable television network affiliated with businessman Mel Velarde’s NOW Corp. and NOW Telecom Company Inc., which once competed but failed to become the country’s third telecommunications player.
Newsnet claimed it has the right to continue operating its CATV system using its previously assigned frequency range even if its secondary 25-year legislative franchise under Republic Act 8197 expired in 2022.It also suggested that the PA granted by NTC could be viewed as a separate administrative franchise, issued in accordance with Executive Order 205, enabling Newsnet to continue operating even without a renewed congressional franchise.
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