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    This document is Republic Act No. 6849, also known as the Municipal Telephone Act of 1989. It establishes a Municipal Telephone Projects Office within the Department of Transportation and Communications to develop and implement a plan to provide public telephone stations capable of voice and data transmission in every municipality in the Philippines. The act appropriates funds for the projects, sets standards and regulations for the systems, and includes provisions for management of the projects office, rights of local governments, and timelines for implementation.

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    This document is Republic Act No. 6849, also known as the Municipal Telephone Act of 1989. It establishes a Municipal Telephone Projects Office within the Department of Transportation and Communications to develop and implement a plan to provide public telephone stations capable of voice and data transmission in every municipality in the Philippines. The act appropriates funds for the projects, sets standards and regulations for the systems, and includes provisions for management of the projects office, rights of local governments, and timelines for implementation.

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    This document is Republic Act No. 6849, also known as the Municipal Telephone Act of 1989. It establishes a Municipal Telephone Projects Office within the Department of Transportation and Communications to develop and implement a plan to provide public telephone stations capable of voice and data transmission in every municipality in the Philippines. The act appropriates funds for the projects, sets standards and regulations for the systems, and includes provisions for management of the projects office, rights of local governments, and timelines for implementation.

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    This document is Republic Act No. 6849, also known as the Municipal Telephone Act of 1989. It establishes a Municipal Telephone Projects Office within the Department of Transportation and Communications to develop and implement a plan to provide public telephone stations capable of voice and data transmission in every municipality in the Philippines. The act appropriates funds for the projects, sets standards and regulations for the systems, and includes provisions for management of the projects office, rights of local governments, and timelines for implementation.

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    REPUBLIC ACT NO.

    6849

    Jasmin Hermo2ECE
    Sophia Cabras
    REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
    CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES
    METRO, MANILA

    EIGHT CONGRESS

    REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6849February 8, 1990


     Senate Bill No. 892
     House Bill No. 3452
     Passed by Senate and House Representatives:
    December 20, 1989 and December 21, 1989
     Approved on February 8, 1990
     By (Sgd.) Corazon C. Aquino – former President of the
    Philippines
     (Sgd.) Edwin P. Acoba – Secretary of Senate
     (Sgd.) Quirino D. Abad Santos, Jr. – Secretary of the
    House of Representatives
     (Sgd.) Ramon V. Mitra – Speaker of the House of
    Representative
     (Sgd.) Jovito R. Salonga – President of the Senate
    An act providing for the installation, operation,
    and maintenance of public telephones in each
    and every

    municipality in the Philippines, appropriating


    funds therefor and for other purposes
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of the
    Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

    Section 1. Title. – this act shall be known as the


    “Municipal Telephone Act 1989”
    Section 2. Declaration Of National Day Policy

    Recognizing that the benefits of modern communication

    tech. are as important to rural dev. as they are to urban

    areas, the State shall pursue and foster, in an orderly,

    purposive and vigorous manner, the interconnection of

    all municipalities in the country through the

    establishment and early realization of a nationwide

    network of public calling stations.


    Section 3. Projects Office
    For purposes of administering the provisions of this Act, there
    is hereby created a Municipal Telephone Projects Office in
    the Department of Transportation and Communications
    (DOTC) with the following functions:
    a. Develop a plan for providing public calling stations with
    technology capable of voice and data transmission in
    every municipality and, when feasible, in such barangay
    not otherwise served by existing telephone exchange
    using appropriate technology and for this purpose
    formulate or cause to be formulated, engineering studies.

    b. Undertake the implementation of the said plans and


    programs, to enter into contracts subject to existing laws
    and regulations for the procurement of the equipment,
    construction of facilities and the installation of the
    system.

    c. Prescribe and ensure compatibility with minimum


    standards and regulations to assure acceptable
    standards of the construction, maintenance, operation.
    d. Personnel training, accounting, and fiscal practices
    for the municipal telecomm operators of public
    calling stations.

    e. Furnish technical assistance and personnel training


    programs for the municipal telecomm operators of
    public calling stations.

    f. Monitor and evaluate local telecomm and effect


    system integration and operations whenever
    economically and technically feasible.
    Section 4.

    Management Of The Projects Office

    A projects Director, who shall be a person of integrity,


    competence and experience in technical fields related to the
    purposes of this Act, shall be appointed by the President of
    the Philippines upon the recommendation of the Secretary
    of Transportation and Communications. He shall have the
    rank, position and emoluments of an undersecretary.
    Section 5. Rights Of First Option
    Section 6. Frequency Allocation
    Section 7.

    Rates And Mandatory

    Sharing of

    Toll Revenue
    Section 8.
    Timetable Of Implementation
    Section 9.
    Operation By Local Governments
    Section 10. Appropriation
    Section 11.
    Official Development Assistance
    Transitory Provisions
    Section 12. Sunset Clause

    Section 13. Separability Of Provisions


    Section 14. Repealing Clause

    Section 15. Effectivity


    Thank You!!! 

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