Senate sub-committee green lights NTC budget

By Kristine Angeli Sabillo

INQUIRER.net

12:35 pm | Tuesday, September 24th, 2013

Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero. PHOTO BY RICHARD A. REYES

MANILA, Philippines — The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) P244.8 million proposed budget was approved on Tuesday by the Senate finance sub-committee.

Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero, who heads the sub-committee, approved the proposal in less than 30 minutes amid queries on the proposed sim card registration and the possibility of telecommunication companies billing users by the second instead of per minute.

The NTC’s proposed budget for 2014 is lower than this year’s allocation of P259.4 million.

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