A P77.9-billion national broadband program will stop the long-standing monopoly of the telecommunication industry in the country, a lawmaker said on Sunday.
Rep. LRay Villafuerte of Camarines Sur was referring to the draft national broadband plan of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) that aims to provide at least 10 Mbps connection to all households by 2020 at a lower cost than the ones now offered by telecommuncation companies (telcos) like Globe Telecom, PLDT and Smart Communications at P1,299 a month.
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