NTC soft-launches online platform for license, permit processing

The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) on Tuesday stated it has developed and mushy launched its automated platform for licensing and allowing processes.

The platform or the Online Processing System with Digital Payment System (OPS-DPS) mission is “in line with President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr.’s directive to ramp up measures to digitalize government processes to ensure efficient and fast delivery of services,” the NTC stated in an announcement.

The mission is aimed to streamline and expedite the processing and issuance of licenses, permits, certificates, authorizations, and clearances for telecommunications and web infrastructure.

The telecommunications regulator stated the pilot implementation of the system can be in its Licensing Management of the Networks and Facilities Division (NFD) and Services and Interconnection Division (SID) underneath the company’s Regulation Branch.

The companies that the general public could avail of by the system are a lot of the exterior companies of the NFD and SID equivalent to on-line submitting/submission of software, analysis/processing, fee of charges and issuance of a brand new Permit to Purchase.

The NTC stated the DPS element of the mission is about to be launched in September in preparation for a grand launch of your complete OPS-DPS system in October 2023.

In June, the federal government launched the eGov PH Super App —an software that integrates all authorities on-line companies in a single platform.

Marcos has been pushing for digitalization of presidency companies and processes in a bid to minimize corruption by eradicating discretion coming from a authorities worker. 

As a part of the digital transformation agenda, the President has emphasised that the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys) can be at “the core of this digitally transformed network of government services.” —Ted Cordero/KG, GMA Integrated News

Source: www.gmanetwork.com