IN a bid to boost broadband connectivity in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDAs), the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said on Wednesday that it would issue a circular to require the independent common tower companies to focus in rural areas.

DICT Assistant Secretary Renato Paraiso said that Secretary Ivan John Uy has given instructions on the issuance of a department circular on common tower policy that would require independent cell site station builders to focus on GIDAs.