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Pilipino Telephone Corporation, Petitioner, Vs. National Telecommunications Commission And International Communications Corporation, Respondents.

PILIPINO TELEPHONE CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION and INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, respondents.

G.R. No. 138295 | 2003-08-28

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO, J.:

The Case

This petition for review on certiorari[1] seeks to reverse the Joint Decision[2] of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 47752[3] and CA-G.R. SP No. 47972[4] dated 15 April 1999 denying due course to the petition for certiorari[5] filed by Pilipino Telephone Corporation ("PILTEL") and dismissing the same.

The Facts

On 20 March 1995, the National Telecommunications Commission ("NTC") issued PILTEL a Provisional Authority ("PA") to install, operate and maintain telephone exchanges and public calling offices. The areas covered by PILTEL's PA included Sulu, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur,...