August 13, 2025 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — With just a few days left earlier than the Konektadong Pinoy Act lapses into regulation, Globe Telecom has doubled down on business calls to cease its passage, interesting earlier than President Marcos to return it to Congress.
Globe basic counsel Froilan Castelo yesterday requested the President to return the enrolled invoice of the Konektadong Pinoy Act to Congress for additional revision.
“We’re advocating for common entry to inexpensive and dependable web, (however) we consider this invoice wants additional examine and reform,” Castelo mentioned.
Castelo raised the telco business’s longstanding issues on the measure in requesting Marcos to move it again to Congress. He mentioned the Konektadong Pinoy Act, if signed into regulation, would promote regulatory imbalance, uneven competitors and lack of transparency.
If the measure is returned to Congress, Castelo vowed Globe could be on the forefront of conversations in in search of regulatory safeguards within the revised model. This time, Globe is hoping lawmakers would seek the advice of telcos in laws to make sure their inputs are included within the measure.
“If this invoice has been returned to Congress, we can be in assist of it,” Castelo mentioned.
The Philippine Chamber of Telecommunication Operators (PCTO), of which Globe is part of, is asking the President to veto the Konektadong Pinoy Act, insisting its lapses could be troublesome to patch up within the implementing guidelines and laws.
In a textual content message to The STAR, PCTO vice chairman Roy Ibay mentioned the destiny of the Konektadong Pinoy Act is now as much as Marcos. He can signal it, veto it or let it lapse into regulation on Aug. 24.
The PCTO opposes the Konektadong Pinoy Act as a result of it mandates new connectivity gamers to get a cybersecurity certification solely after two years. The group believes this can be a safety let-up, warning that information breaches can occur even on the primary day of enterprise.
Likewise, the PCTO challenges the know-how neutrality of the measure when it permits satellite tv for pc operators to make use of spectrum with out regulation.