Third telco aspirants are against the Finance department-backed proposal to conduct an auction-based search for a challenger to the PLDT-Globe duopoly, overwhelmingly expressing a preference for the highest committed level of service approach.

Fifteen telecommunications firms with congressional franchises were asked to vote during a public consultation on Friday and 75 percent chose a points-based approach, 16.67 wanted an auction and 8.33 percent abstained, a Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) official said.

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