Dan Tydingco, TeleGuam’s executive vice president of external and legal affairs, said in an email that CPUC’s decision “is a win for the commonwealth.”
The company, he added, will begin offering business voice and data services in the middle of next year.
Tydingco said “fair competition motivates service providers to innovate and offer improved network and customer services.”
“If providers don’t continually improve service or offer competitive rates, they risk losing market share because customers have a choice of providers,” he added.
GTA said securing regulatory approval to operate in the CNMI is the first major hurdle it needed to clear before it can begin selling business voice and data communications services in the commonwealth.
GTA must now negotiate an inter-carrier connection agreement with the incumbent local exchange provider here — IT&E.
“We are appreciative of the backing and support of key officials like Rep. Stanley T. Torres, Senate Floor Leader Pete P. Reyes, Sen. Juan M. Ayuyu, Senate President Paul A. Manglona, Speaker Eli D. Cabrera and other members of the House and Senate, as well as CPUC Commissioners Alepuyo and Manglona. Without their firm belief in competition and economic development for the NMI, our application effort would have gotten nowhere,” Tydingco said.
