Business World Online reports that The Supreme Court in the Philippines has upheld a decision by telecoms watchdog the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to reallocate radio frequencies held by VOM Broadcasting Corp to Smart Communications – the mobile arm of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) – in 2005. In the decision, published on 25 April, the Court denied a petition for reconsideration from VOM ‘with finality’, relating to a December 2011 resolution, noting that the motion lacked a ‘compelling reason nor any substantial argument to warrant modification of this court’s resolution.’ Previously, VOM Broadcasting Corp was granted a temporary 18-month permit to build and operate a multipoint multichannel distribution system (MMDS) in the regions of Metro Manila, Bulacan and Region IV-A or provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon. However, it failed to deploy its networks and services before the provisional licence expired on 15 October 2003.
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OVETEL Supreme Court upholds reallocation of VOM frequencies to Smart
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