TELECOMMUNICATIONS Technologies Philippines Inc. (Teletech), a wholly-owned unit of Eastern Telecommunications Philippines Inc., last week asked the National Telecommunications Commission to reconsider a decision involving the revocation of its authority to operate an interexchange carrier service.

Teletech was authorized to install, operate and maintain an interexchange carrier service, or IXC, covering Manila, Navotas, Caloocan, Batanes, Cagayan Valley, Ifugao, Isabela, Kalinga Apayao, Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino.

It asked the commission to extend its provisional authority (PA) but the commission instead had it revoked as Teletech failed to comply with the requirement. The commission also revoked its PA. The requirement involves the submission of a progress report.

“Unfortunately, during the reorganization of the management of [Teletech] there was no proper turnover of records and documents from the previous management including the instant case, particularly the order of the [commission to submit] a status report for [Teletech’s] PA to install, operate and maintain an IXC service,” Teletech said in its motion for reconsideration filed with the commission.

Teletech promised to present the commission with the status report as soon as it is completed.

In its filing, it asked the commission to reconsider its February 19 order and instead renew the PA granted in favor of Teletech.

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