The Philippines’ based mobile operators have criticised the government’s plan to take their half of the SMS cost as tax, whereas the government already collects a 12% tax on all calls and SMSs.
Globe Telecom releases a position paper as it reacts to the government’s proposed bill, saying that the following descision will hamper the operators’ expansion and will also discourage the investors.
“Providers and their foreign partners had managed to invest hundreds of billions of pesos to put up their respective networks, and whatever revenue they may have generated is simply a reasonable return of their investments,” the position paper reads.
The company also added, that if the proposed bill is implemented it has to raise the SMS tariffs in order to earn the required revenue.
Smart Communication has also joined the arguement and said that if the government wants constant revenues, it needs to lower the taxes on mobile communication and confirms to hike tariffs if the bill is implemented.
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Philippines’ mobile operators oppose proposed SMS tax (Philippines)
- October 13th, 2008
- 4:53 am
