Following a mandate by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo herself, Sales previously announced plans to implement IP telephony and convert the entire government telephony system in order to cut down telecommunication costs by half.

According to his estimate, the government spends about P4 billion in telecommunication expenses annually. Through VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), he said this could cut down the number of telephone lines used in government.

Moreover, Sales, appointed as CICT chair barely a month ago, said all nine major telecommunications service providers have been informed that bidding for VoIP will be done on a per agency basis, starting with the Office of the President.