Spectrum User Fees (SUF), which telecommunications companies described as excessive, are unlikely to be lowered under the Marcos administration, as the government needs to boost revenue collection to cope with the crisis, the next chief of the DICT said.
“That’s part of revenue generation for our government. We’re a bit short of funds due to the pandemic and since we’re in a fuel crisis, the prices of goods are rising. We’re expecting an energy crisis also soon, DICT Secretary-designate Ivan John E. Uy said in a mix of Filipino and English during a recentThe country’s major telecommunications services providers PLDT, Inc., its wireless arm Smart Communications, Inc., and Globe Telecom, Inc.
PLDT and Smart expected to spend P2.4 billion on spectrum user fees in 2021, similar to the previous year’s expenditure, according to Roy Cecil D. Ibay, Smart Communications vice-president for regulatory affairs. Globe has said it expects that this policy will increase public access to Wi-Fi technology and, eventually, lower the cost of telecoms services for the public.
“It will be very collaborative. It’s a partnership. The government cannot work on its own. It has to work very closely and in synergy with the private sector,” he said.
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