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PLDT Co. vs. National Telecommunications Commission

PHILIPPINE LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE CO. [PLDT], petitioner, vs. THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND CELLCOM, INC., (EXPRESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO., INC. [ETCI]), respondents.

G.R. No. 88404 | 1990-10-18

D E C I S I O N

MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

Petitioner Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) assails, by way of Certiorari and Prohibition under Rule 65, two (2) Orders of public respondent National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), namely, the Order of 12 December 1988 granting private respondent Express Telecommunications Co., Inc. (ETCI) provisional authority to install, operate and maintain a Cellular Mobile Telephone System in Metro-Manila (Phase A) in accordance with specified conditions, and the Order, dated 8 May 1988, denying reconsideration.

On 22 June 1958, Rep. Act No. 2090, was enacted, otherwise known as "An Act...