DITO: Konektadong Pinoy IRR should not kill law’s purpose

DITO TELECOMMUNITY Corp. said it wants to play a role in crafting the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Konektadong Pinoy Act, particularly on data security and privacy, warning that poorly designed rules could “kill the purpose of the law.”

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“That is where we can come in, in terms of security and data privacy... We can help craft the IRR. I do not want the IRR to be done in such a way you are killing the purpose of the law,” DITO Telecommunity Chief Revenue Officer Adel A. Tamano told reporters on Thursday.

Mr. Tamano said the law should be lenient toward new entrants, as the objective of Konektadong Pinoy is to entice more players into the industry.

“I think part of it is to really make the barrier to entry really easier. The barrier to entry they gave us was very high. For the DTIPs (data transmission industry participants), though, I think we need to have that balance. Let us make it easy but at the same time we want to make sure that these choices are not flyby-nights and not bad security levels,” he said.

He added that new players should not be subjected to the same level of requirements currently imposed on incumbent operators.

“Maybe we will take a little bit of a different approach (than other telcos). For us, I am not going to fight that policy. Instead, I support it. We will fully participate in the preparation of the IRR,” Mr. Tamano said.