The National Telecommunications Commission ( NTC ) last November approved PLDT's petition to re-balance its rates as well as adopt the local measured service ( LMS ) in billing its subscribers, paving the way for the company in turn, to charge lower access charges.
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The Mexico City-based telephone company, which lost its monopoly this year over long-distance telephone services, said the rate for its measured service will rise three centavos per call a month from January to March until it reaches 1.207 pesos ( $ 0.15 ) per call.
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The Mexico City-based telephone company, which lost its monopoly this year over long-distance telephone services, said the rate for its measured service will rise three centavos per call a month from January to March until it reaches 1 . 207 pesos ( $ 0 . 15 ) per call.
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After drawing flak for its approval of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co .'s petition for rate adjustment and the adoption of local measured service ( LMS ), the National Telecommunications Commission ( NTC ) is now giving critics-rather belatedly-the chance to contest the same decision on Dec . 17.
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In a position paper, the group said PLDT's new access charge was higher compared to the figure mandated under the company's provisional authority ( PA ) to hike its rate and adopt local measured service ( LMS ), which was issued last November by the National Telecommunications Commission ( NTC ).
