The other applicants were Bayan Telecommunications Inc., AZ Network Communications Inc., Pacific Wireless, Media Telephony and Next Mobile.

Rep. Danilo Suarez, (Quezon, 3rd district, LP) chairman of the Oversight committee, earlier said that the system NTC applied in distributing frequencies was patterned to suit at least four or five licensees.

Solis reported the NTC earned P2.3 billion (US$37 million) in the awarding of four licenses. But lawmakers are arguing that the commission could have earned P15 billion to P26 billion more.