Section 6Sec./Art. 6

Responsibilities of and Limitations to Department Powers. - The Department of Transportation and Communications (Department) shall not exercise any power which will tend to influence or effect a review or a modification of the Commission's quasi-judicial functions.

In coordination with the Commission, however, the Department shall, in accordance with the policies enunciated in this Act, be responsible for:

(a) the development and maintenance of a long-term strategic national development plan for telecommunications to serve as a guide to the industry and potential investors as well as to the Commission;

(b) the coordination of research and development activities in government with the work of other institutions in the field of telecommunications;

(c) the representation and promotion of Philippine interests in international bodies, and the negotiation of the nation's rights and obligations in international telecommunications matters; and

(d) the operation of a national consultative forum to facilitate interaction amongst the telecommunications industries, user groups, academic and research institutions in the airing and resolution of important issues in the field of communications.

ARTICLE IV

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENTITIES