DICT acting Secretary Eliseo Rio Jr. speaks at the PICC on June 8, 2018, at the signing of the Tripartite Agreement for the the utilization of spare optical fiber to boost the implementation of the National Broadband Plan (NBP). DICT signed the agreement with the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), and National Transmission Corporation (TransCo). (Photo from the Facebook page of the DICT)
The head of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), fed up with government delays in the selection of a new major telco player, has issued an ultimatum.
Eliseo Rio Jr., DICT acting secretary, threatened to resign during the next oversight committee meeting on Friday if he cannot convince most of its members to choose the DICT’s version of the draft selection rules, which have garnered strong support from interested participants and the general public.
The issue, he said, will be put to a vote.

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