The challenger to the PLDT-Globe duopoly will be determined via a points-based selection process instead of an auction, the chief of Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said on Friday.

An oversight committee voted to endorse the highest committed level of services (HCLoS) model, DICT officer-in-charge Eliseo Rio, Jr. said, rejecting an auction backed by the Department of Finance (DoF).

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