Globe urges DICT to end red tape on permits

AYALA-LED Globe Telecom on Tuesday called on the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to fast-track the signing of an executive order that would cut bureaucratic red tape and improve the telco business environment.

“Secretary [Rodolfo] Salalima’s proposed executive order to help rationalize the permitting process for telco infrastructure, once in place, would be a respite from the difficulties we encounter in putting up cell sites and right-of-way issues for fiber optic cables,” said Globe General Counsel Froilan Castelo.