MANILA - The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) has proposed for the amendments of rules in the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) so that it can become a member of the approving body for frequency reassignment. PCC made the statement following the reallocation of frequencies utilized before by broadcasting company ABS-CBN to Advanced Media Broadcasting System (AMBS), Aliw Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), and Swara Sug Media Corporation (SSMC). "The PCC recommends amending the rules to include it as (the) approving body in the assignment of vacated or available frequencies. This is a practice done by many jurisdictions across the world, in consideration of the impact on competition of players over scarce public goods like frequencies," the antitrust body said. The approving body for frequency reallocation cited in the NTC rule, which was there even before the Philippine Competition Act (PCA) was passed in 2015, includes the NTC itself, the Department of Informat
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