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CONVERGENCE POLICY
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- Title/Date
Filed:
House
Bill No. 3940
An Act To Promote The Efficient And Effective Delivery
Of Converging Communication Services
(Filed November 20, 2001)
Status:
For 2nd TWG Reading
Main
Features:
"Convergence"
is defined as progressive integration of segments
of the information and content industries, including
telecommunications, broadcasting, electronic commerce
and data processing, into a single economic market
- Scope of application includes services for the delivery
of communications to users such as television, broadcasting
and internet services, and network service
- Purpose of this bill is to administer an orderly
transition from the existing arrangements of traditional
communications to a more complex globalized convergence
environment to encourage entry of foreign investors
and the improvement of technologies, which are vital
in nation building and development, while protecting
and safeguarding opportunities available exclusively
to citizens of the Phils.
- This bill organizes the industry into three (3)
sectors, namely: the network and communications
- service providers, 60% of its common stock shall
be owned by Filipino citizens and juridical entities,
and the mass media service providers, which shall
be wholly-owned (100%) by Filipino citizens and/or
juridical entities:
a. "Network Service Providers" refers
to an entity which is authorized to operate network
physical facilities and related infrastructure and
system
b. "Communications Service Providers"
refers to an entity which is authorized to provide
communications services to the public by means of
one or more network services
c. "Mass media service providers"
refers to an entity which is authorized to provide
mass media service or communications service for the
delivery of content to the mass general public
- Title/Date
Filed: House Bill No. 4769
An Act Regulating The Use Of Electric Poles, And For
Other Purposes
(Filed May 08, 2002)
Status:
For 2nd TWG Reading
Main
Features:
"Convergence"
is defined as progressive integration of segments
of the information and content industries, including
telecommunications, broadcasting, electronic commerce
and data processing, into a single economic market
- Scope of application includes services for the delivery
of communications to users such as television, broadcasting
and internet services, and network service
- Purpose of this bill is to administer an orderly
transition from the existing arrangements of traditional
communications to a more complex globalized convergence
environment to encourage entry of foreign investors
and the improvement of technologies, which are vital
in nation building and development, while protecting
and safeguarding opportunities available exclusively
to citizens of the Phils.
- This bill organizes the industry into three (3)
sectors, namely: the network and communications
- service providers, 60% of its common stock shall
be owned by Filipino citizens and juridical entities,
and the mass media service providers, which shall
be wholly-owned (100%) by Filipino citizens and/or
juridical entities:
a. "Network Service Providers" refers
to an entity which is authorized to operate network
physical facilities and related infrastructure and
system
b. "Communications Service Providers"
refers to an entity which is authorized to provide
communications services to the public by means of
one or more network services
c. "Mass media service providers"
refers to an entity which is authorized to provide
mass media service or communications service for the
delivery of content to the mass general public
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