PUERTO PRINCESA CITY – Philippine telecommunications companies Smart Communications Inc. and Globe Telecom have been invited to attend the regular session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan to address the public clamor for better Internet services and signal coverage in Palawan.
In his privilege speech Tuesday, Board Member Albert Rama explained that his intention to invite Smart and Globe to the Question Hour of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan in the first week of September is not only to clarify what ails the operations of telcos in the province, but also because Palawan is already addressing all aspects of development.
“More or less, the province is now addressing all aspects of progress, especially in infrastructure development, to facilitate social and economic growth in Palawan. What is lacking right now is communications development. We have roads, water system, and power developments, but communications is still an issue,” Rama said.
He added that although nearly all 23 municipalities are already covered by their signals, there are still service gaps that must be addressed for Palawan’s development to be complete.
“There are remaining dead spot areas, and data downloading is very, very slow. There are many barangays that are not yet covered by cellphone signals, and we want to know the causal issues to be able to build compromises over possible solutions,” he said.
Related to this, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan deferred a resolution filed by Board Member Roseller Pineda that requests Globe Telecom, through chief executive officer Ernest Cu, to install a cell site in Barangay Casian, Taytay in northern Palawan.
Pineda said the cell site would provide reliable communications services to the islands and coastal barangays of the town, as well as neighboring municipalities.
Board Member David Francis Ponce de Leon, who suggested the postponement of the first reading, said the resolution can be undertaken after Smart and Globe have made clarifications.
In the resolution, Pineda said the Globe cell site can help connect scattered islands in Taytay and Shark’s Fin Bay through the fringes of northeastern coastal barangays of El Nido to Linapacan.
“The cell site can help boost the growth of the tourism, fishing, and aquaculture industries of Taytay and the two other towns,” Pineda said. (PNA)
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