Looking into possible anticompetitive practices in the telecommunications in-dustry is expected to be one of the first cases that the newly formed Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) will take on, but consumers need to do their part.

“The PCC was established to ensure that consumers don’t feel they are abused by their provider of services or goods, like paying so much or when prices [of the commodity] is high,” PCC Chair Arsenio Balisacan said in an interview.