PLDT and Globe Telecom on Friday said too many permits required by the government were hampering their efforts to roll out more cell sites that would improve internet speeds in the country.

This was the reaction of the so-called telco duopoly after a government official posted his thoughts on Facebook regarding the “slowest and expensive internet access” in the Philippines.

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