MANILA, Philippines — Faster issuance of permits by the local government units (LGUs) has paved the way for improved telecommunication infrastructure in the country asmore cellular towers and fiber-optic networks have been established nationwide.
This developed, according to the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), amid President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive last July 2020 for swift processing of LGU permits so additional cellular towers would be built to improve communication and connectivity in the country.
There has been a significant increase in the issuance of LGU permits from July 2020 to April this year, it noted.
“The country now has a total of 24,614 cellu…
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