A PACKAGE of structural reforms is needed to reboot the country’s telecommunications sector and make it an engine of growth aligned with international best practices, state-run think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said.

“The Philippines would not be a key player in the global IT-BPM [information technology-business process management] industry today if the government had earlier failed to open up telecommunications to competition,” PIDS said in a discussion paper.

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