Portents and Prospects for Mobile Telephone Service: A 3G Philippine Experience

Villy Buenaventura
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Philippine telecommunications has always been an adjunct of the transportation sector. Historically, the essential infrastructure for an archipelago like the Philippines was road construction and highways; communications assumed the back seat. Regulation – thus, the impetus – came from then Ministry of Transportation and Communications (1981-1986) later on, and all the way to the present, the Department of Transportation and Communications. The Martial Law years (1972-1986) gave undue advantage to the sector’s market players who were identified with the political dispensation at that time. This stifled growth. While the surrounding Southeast Asian regional economies were already riding on the telecommunications highway, the Philippines only had one international gateway facility to speak off. The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) was the only phone company with the network and resources at that time. The small, rural companies were regarded as community intercom services unable to connect with other areas without passing through the PLDT network. To characterize this pathetic state, former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kwan Yew was said to have remarked “…Ninety percent of the Philippine population was waiting for a telephone line while the other ten percent with phones were waiting for a dial tone.” But all these changed almost overnight when ‘people power’ swept the political landscape.
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移动电话服务的征兆与前景:3G菲律宾经验
菲律宾电信一直是运输部门的附属品。从历史上看,像菲律宾这样的群岛的基本基础设施是道路建设和高速公路;通讯退居次要地位。监管——因此,推动力——来自当时的交通运输部(1981-1986),后来一直到现在的交通运输部。戒严令时期(1972-1986年)给了当时被认定为政治豁免的行业市场参与者不应有的优势。这抑制了经济增长。当周边的东南亚地区经济体已经在电信高速公路上驰骋时,菲律宾只有一个国际网关设施可供使用。菲律宾长途电话公司(PLDT)是当时唯一拥有网络和资源的电话公司。小型的农村公司被认为是社区对讲服务,如果不通过PLDT网络,就无法与其他地区连接。为了描述这种可悲的状态,据说新加坡前总理李光耀曾说过:“……90%的菲律宾人在等待电话线,而另外10%的人在等待拨号音。”但当“人民力量”席卷政治版图时,这一切几乎在一夜之间就改变了。
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