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Securing of License with National Telecommunications Commission: Its Authority to Change, Cancel or Modify. - (a) This franchise shall not take effect nor shall any power hereunder be exercised by the grantee until the NTC shall have given the authority to the grantee and allotted to the same the frequencies.
(b) The NTC on reasonable notice to the grantee may, at any time, change, cancel or modify the authority given to the grantee and/or, in whole or in part, any or all of the allotments of frequencies or wavelengths to be used. The NTC may take such actions, viz:
1. Whenever in its judgment such frequencies have been used or there is danger that it will be used by the grantee to impair radio communications, or to obtain a monopoly in radio communications, or otherwise to violate existing laws or public policy of the Republic of the Philippines;
2. Whenever in its judgment, public interest of the Republic of the Philippines require that such frequencies or wavelengths should be used for purposes other than those of the grantee, either by the Government of the Philippines or by other individuals or corporations licensed by it; and
3. Whenever in its judgment, for any justifiable reason, public interest so requires.
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