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File photo March 04, 2021 CEBU City welcomes the third telco player Dito Telecommunity Corp., provided that the company complies with the requirements before putting up cell site towers.
Cebu City Councilor Eduardo Rama Jr., information and communication technology committee chairman, said despite minimizing the requirements in putting up cell site towers as mandated by the national government, the other requirements still have to be complied with.
In 2020, about 23 ongoing construction works of Dito cell site towers were issued a stoppage order by the Office of the Building Official (OBO) for illegal construction.
In August 2020, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) issued a joint memorandum circular (JMC) which reduced the requirements needed for the telco companies to comply with.