AL S. VITANGCOL III
THE third major telecommunications player is poised to be the joint venture of Mindanao Islamic Telephone Company (Mislatel), Udenna Corp., and China’s telecommunications giant, China Telecommunications Corp. (China Telecom). This materialized on Wednesday when two other bidders — Sear Telecom and Philippine Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (PT&T) — were disqualified for lack of the required documents.