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Radio Communications of the Philippines vs. National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)

RADIO COMMUNICATIONS OF THE PHILIPPINES, INC., petitioner, vs. NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and KAYUMANGGI RADIO NETWORK INCORPORATED, respondents.

G.R. No. L-68729 | 1987-05-29

D E C I S I O N
 

GUTIERREZ, JR., J.:

This petition seeks the reversal of the decision of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) which ordered petitioner Radio Communications of the Philippines, Incorporated (RCPI) to desist from operating its radio telephone services in Catarman, Northern Samar; San Jose, Occidental Mindoro; and Sorsogon, Sorsogon.

Petitioner has been operating a radio communications system since 1957 under its legislative franchise granted by Republic Act No. 2036 which was enacted on June 23, 1957.

In 1968, the petitioner established a radio telegraph service in Sorsogon, Sorsogon. In 1971, another radio...