Regulators are pursuing a move to reallocate idle radio frequencies in a bid to level a telecommunications playing field currently dominated by the PLDT-Globe duopoly.

As legislators raised concerns over the prospects of a third player to be named before the year ends, government officials said on Monday that the new telco would be still be able to operate but acknowledged that it would be at a disadvantage in terms of frequencies.

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