Cf.Federico A. Oquindo and Rafael R. Oquindo, History of the Philippine Telecommunications Industry (cf. (cf. http://raflor.tripod.com/). N. B. Federico A. Oquindo was a senior executive assistant and head of the Public Information Office of the National Telecommunications Commission, prior to his retirement from Philippine Gevernment Service in 1988.
At the time of his retirement from the government service in 1988, FEDERICO A. OQUINDO was a senior executive assistant and head of the Public Information Office of the National Telecommunications Commission...Prior to joining the NTC in 1980, he served with the Bureau of Telecommunications (which he joined in 1947 as messenger) as that agency's public relations officer and editor of the bureau's official publication... In writing this short history of Philippine Telecommunications, he consulted records and interviewed old timers and even retirees of the government telegraph service some of whom claimed that their earliest years in the service date back to the defunct telegraph division of the Constabulary during the early years of the American occupation... A free lance writer, the author has written numerous articles, short stories and other works some of which appeared in such national publications like the pre-Martial Law Philippines Free Press, Graphic Magazine, Manila Daily Bulletin, Liwayway Magazine, Nation Magazine, Sunday Times Magazine, Saturday Mirror Magazine, Taliba, Orient Magazine and certain trade journals. He also edited trade and technical magazines and publications of professional organizations and a national labor federation...He has attended numerous seminars and workshops in public relations and communications as well as in trade unionism both here and abroad...Rafael Oquendo, on the other hand, was also a former employee of NTC, once a technical staff of the Rajah Broadcasting Network better known as DZRJ, has attended numerous trainings and seminars both locally and abroad. Presently, he is a full time faculty member of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines under the College of Engineering.... As regards the reliability of the information, it is good to consider Rafael R. Oquendo's note, which says: This is a first attempt to chronicle the growth development of the Philippines' telecommunications Industry... Being an Initial effort some quarters may find this volume wanting in certain respects. However, the author- believes that a start has to be made if the Philippine telecommunications story will ever be written... As will be noted a good portion of this work focuses on the role of the government In the industry's development. It was only during the post-World War II years that private capital ventured into this field particularly In the domestic record carrier sector. The international services sector has, of course, always been dominated by multinationals since way back...The idea of writing the history of the country's Telecommunications sector was first conceived in 1965. The plan then was to prepare a volume to commemorate the first centennial of Philippine telecommunications, which was to have been marked in 1967. However, various factors came in the way so that nothing concrete came out of that plan... Nevertheless the author continued working on his manuscript over the years adding more details and information to what were already contained in his original draft. Valuable information were provided by various parties which included telecom companies, radio amateurs, old timers and even retirees from the government telegraph service some of whom, he learned were among those whose services date back to the defunct telegraph division of the Constabulary during the early 1900a. Most of them, sad to say, have since crossed the Great Divide... Also consulted were records both government and private. The information provided by the authors who know the actual persons and documents related to the History of Telecommunications in the Philippines (which, unfortunately, a subject about which scarcely anyone wrote something) cannot just be easily dismissed as unreliable unless someone, with a more plausible and reliable evidences, can demonstrate the contrary. The authors' website provide details of their current status, at least for Rafael Oquendo who is currently serving as full-time teacher at the College of Engineering of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. Their contact details are also provided, for purposes of verification. Nonetheless, it is true that the documents mentioned in the write up needs to be specified.
Federico A. Oquindo and Rafael R. Oquindo, History of the Philippine Telecommunications Industry (cf. http://raflor.tripod.com/).
Federico A. Oquindo and Rafael R. Oquindo, History of the Philippine Telecommunications Industry (cf. http://raflor.tripod.com/).
F. Oquendo and R. Oquendo placed the approximate date of retirement of Bañas in the late 1950s (cf. http://raflor.tripod.com/). However, an autographed picture of Bañas (dated 20 February 1966), given by the subject to his daughter Maja (cf. photograph at the talk page of this article), indicates the exact date (16 February 1966).
