JMC No. 1 (s. 2020) or the Streamlined Guidelines for the Issuance of Permits, Licenses, and Certificates for the Construction of Shared Passive Telecommunications Tower Infrastructure (PTTIs) and its revised version has played a crucial role in the approval of at least 26,636 pending permits. Moreover, the number of permits needed has decreased from 13 to 8, documentary requirements from 86 to 15, and length of time for processing from 241 days to 16 days.
According to Sec. Perez, there had been a series of a series of collaboration meetings with all the telecom companies and tower companies that also resulted to a summit held last December.
“The workshop today, I think we're making history because this is the first time that we're having this workshop under the ease of doing business law and we see the enthusiasm of the CEOs, the chief operating officers of telecommunications and tower companies are working together, sharing information because the market out there is too big. And we have a noble purpose to improve internet and the energizing of these telco towers, which will really substantially improve the communications network in the Philippines because if you go to the far-flung areas, they cannot hold virtual meetings continuously because this is impeded by loose connection, intermittent connection,” Sec. Perez said.
