Mislatel to partner with Globe, PLDT?

New major player Mislatel hopes to team up with rivals Globe Telecom and PLDT Inc., believing this could help not just the operators but improve the country's telco services.

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Mislatel to partner with Globe, PLDT

In a radio interview, Mislatel spokesperson Adel Tamano expressed willingness to build partnerships either for network sharing or domestic roaming. 

He said this would not affect the competition in the industry, but noted this could boost revenues of telco players.

Gusto namin talaga mag partner at open kami to partnerships even with our competitors because pareho naman ang vision namin which is to provide the best world-class internet and telco services for Filipinos, Tamano said. 

The spirit of us willing to partner with them, is not because we want to collude, but because we believe that number one kung mag improve ang services natin at magdala tayo ng bagong technology (if the services improve and if we can bring new technology), instead of shrinking their source of revenue, lalaki po iyun (it will grow), he added. 

Tamano said aside from telcos, Mislatel is also in talks with local government units to hasten its network rollout. 

Globe, meanwhile, showed openness to share its network with Mislatel, which is being backed by China Telecom, and Dennis Uy’s Udenna Corp. and Chelsea Logistics. 

The Ayala-led telco is forming its own tower company, GTowers Inc. 

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Source: ABS-CBN, The Manila Times