NTC to telcos: Prepare for Karding, ensure support for areas on storm’s path

FILE PHOTO: A telecommunication tower. Image from NTC website

MANILA, Philippines –Ahead of Tropical Storm Karding, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has mandated that telecommunications companies take measures to ensure service in affected areas.

“You are hereby directed to ensure that there are sufficient number of technical and support personnel and standby generators with extra fuel, tools, and spare equipment in the areas forecast to be affected by tropical depression ‘Karding’,” said NTC Commissioner Gamaliel Cordoba in a memorandum issued Thursday.

READ: Signal No. 1 likely by Friday night as Karding seen to make landfall this weekend

Telecom firms are also required to keep the NTC apprised of their progress every six hours as they rush to restore service in Karding-affected areas.

READ: Pagasa: Karding intensifies; may hit land as severe tropical storm

Cordoba further instructed them “to deploy Libreng Tawag and Libreng Charging Stations in strategic areas that will be affected by the typhoon,” and to coordinate closely with local government units.

RELATED STORIES

NTC to telcos: Brace for typhoon; ensure reliable services in affected areas

Pagasa: Rainy Friday in parts of PH due to approaching storm, ‘habagat’

KGA/abc