DITO Telecommunity Corp. said Tuesday there will be no delay in the roll-out of its telecom towers despite the impact of coronavirus disease 2019.
The third major telecom player said the technical launch as stated in the certificate of public convenience and necessity for July 2020 was on track despite the possible negative global effects of COVID-19 on businesses.
“The COVID 19 issue is a possible cause of any delay that may occur. However, we in DITO have enacted measures to ensure that we meet our deadlines,” DITO chief technology officer Rodolfo Santiago said.
“We have everything that we need to build our network in time for the July 2020 technical launch that promises 37-percent coverage of up to 27 mbps Internet speeds. With this in mind, we in DITO have no cause to invoke ‘force majeure as we have everything that we need in place to comply with our commitments to the government and more importantly to the Filipino people,” he said.