ERNESTO A. PAPA (who passed away on December 6, 1984). RACITELCOM, INC. was first granted a franchise to operate a telephone business in Meycauayan on September 24, 1957 by the Municipal Council of Meycauayan by virtue of Resolution with R.A. 667 as amended by R. A. 1022.

The company expanded its operations to the municipality of Bocaue after it was granted the authority to construct, maintain and operate a telephone system through Resolution No. 19 dated February 5, 1961. The Bocaue franchise was approved by the Provincial Board of Bulacan on February 21, 1961 by the virtue of Resolution No. 115. The corresponding Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity was issued by the defunct PCS in Case No. 61-1375 dated April 17, 1961.

The Sta Maria franchise was obtained by virtue of Resolution No. 3 series of 1961 and which Resolution was approved by the Bulacan Provincial Board in its Resolution no. 91, series of 1961. The Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity was issued by the PSC in Case No. 61-1383..

For the Municipality of Marilao, RACITELCOM, INC. through deceased ERNESTO A. PAPA was granted a municipal franchise to operate and maintain telephone system in said Municipality by the Marilao Municipal Council in its Resolution No. 25 dated April 25, 1968. The Bulacan provincial board approved the franchise with Resolution No. 691 dated July 31, 1968. The PSC on September 27, 1971 granted the RACITELCOM, INC under Case No. 69-2923 a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to operate the telephone system in the said Municipality of Marilao, Bulacan.

All of the above franchises had a lifetime of thirty-five (35) years each from approval and all the telephone exchanges therein are operated manually. To ensure delivery of better service to their present and future subscriber, expand and modernize its existing transmission telecommunication system to new digital exchange with four (4) remote subscriber unit programs with a request for the immediate issuance of Provincial Authority under case number 92-329 cases was dismissed on January 28, 1993.

Mr. Arnold T. Papa applied for a 50-year extension of the Meycauayan franchise to install a state-of-the-art telephone service. The Sangguniang Bayan of Meycauayan approved the extension in November 1993, but some NGOs opposed it due to possible increased rates and poor services. However, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Bulacan approved the renewal and upgrading of telephone facilities in Meycauayan in April 1994. The franchise was extended for 50 years, and in 1998, Racitelcom, Inc. was granted a 25-year Congressional Franchise under Republic Act No. 8606.