Roxas bats for lower communication cost

SENATOR Mar Roxas yesterday expressed the need to lower the communications cost by using technological innovations where a person can engage in international voice conversations without having to pass through part of all the telecommunications facilities.

Roxas said there is an urgent need to review and amend some provisions of our telecom laws saying these may have been rendered obsolete by the changing business models, consumer demands and technological innovations."Using VoIP lowers communication cost.

It enables our OFWs to communicate with their loved ones as often as they want, our BPOs (business process outsourcing) and exporters to transact businesses at lower cost making them even more competitive," Roxas said.

VoIP or Voice over Internet Protocol refers to all types of voice communication using Internet protocol “Using VoIP ... enables our OFWs to communicate with their loved ones as often as they want.

"technology, instead of the traditional circuit switched technology. It enables users from different parts of the world to engage in voice conversations, even from long distances, without having to pass through telecommunication facilities.