MANILA, Philippines — Former Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Undersecretary Eliseo Rio claimed Tuesday that the four awards previously given by the agency for the establishment of 1,035 very small aperture terminals (VSAT) in the country amounting to P466 million were “overpriced.”
During the hearing of the House committee on good government and public accountability, Rio pointed out that the DICT issued four notices of awards back in December 2020 for the procurement of managed internet service for the Free WiFi Internet Access in Public Places Project.
Rio said the notice of awards were issued to the following:
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