The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has committed to partner with National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) on using the latter’s dark fiber optic cables as the backbone of the government’s National Broadband Plan.

This despite National Transmission Corp.’s (TransCo) insistence on participating in negotiations for the use of the cables, which facilitate real-time communication between transmission facilities, and with power generators and distribution utilities.

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