Philippine Telecom Companies Feud Over ‘Fraudulent’ Calls (1)

The Philippines’ two biggest telecommunications companies PLDT Inc. and Globe Telecom Inc. have separately accused new entrant DITO Telecommunity Corp. of “fraudulent” calls made through its network, heightening a public disagreement.

Globe, in a statement Tuesday, said it has asked the telecommunications regulator to require DITO to pay 622 million pesos ($11.2 million) in penalties over alleged violations of interconnect rules. Globe said DITO’s network supposedly allowed a daily average of 1,000 calls that were “identified as international in origin but masked as local calls.”

PLDT unit Smart Communications also made similar allegations, saying in a separate statement Tuesday that ...