With the new round of recruitment for the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) board scheduled for this month, players in the telecom, broadcasting and innovation industries are monitoring the process as another derailment — three times in three years — could jeopardise previous plans put forward by the regulator.
The first delay took place in 2018 when senators voted against the proposed candidates, recruited in line with the 2017 NBTC law.
The second recruitment round was discontinued when the NBTC Amendment Act, which touches upon the NBTC board selection process, was published in the Royal Gazette on March 1. In this second…
