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Mobile services provider Smart Communications, Inc. has teamed up with the leading e-commerce platform Shopee to introduce another simple and easy way for subscribers to pay their postpaid bill using ShopeePay.

In the advent of small and medium businesses rushing into digitalization, everybody needs all the support they can get from various sectors.

As the nation strives to get back on its feet amid the pandemic, Shell Philippines continues to be a key player in the country’s recovery and development by pledging its support to the Ingat Angat campaign. Ingat Angat is a private sector-led consumer confidence program that aims to support the acceleration of testing capacity, isolation, and treatment centers.

Seiko Epson Corporation (TSE: 6724, “Epson”) has reiterated its commitment to the United Nations Global Compact by signing the Statement from Business Leaders for Renewed Global Cooperation.

More students across the country will be able to attend classes via television and the internet as SKY partners with the government in strengthening the Department of Education’s distance education program amid the pandemic.   

This brings a real need for team collaboration tools that work seamlessly. People may view the email and social apps they are presently using as sufficient for business, but oftentimes find themselves engaging in discussions over chat more than getting actual work done. Using multiple apps could also result in time lost trying to locate documents, files, and information.

Sustaining its phenomenal growth in the business of distilled spirits and other alcoholic beverages, Emperador Distillers, Inc. worked with Globe to enhance the former’s enterprise communications and operations.

Online shoppers can expect to bag huge discounts of up to 42 percent from the Philippines’ top 2 smartphone brand realme at the Shopee 10.10 Brand Festival Sale on October 10. realme Philippines is discounting the price of select smartphones and Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) devices.

The Certified Franchise Executive (CFE) Masterclass, a key component of the continuous learning and retooling program for franchise industry prime movers, still received strong interest from international participants despite the pandemic.

The pandemic has caught the world off guard. Many local businesses had to quickly adapt to this new reality — from minor tweaks on how they resume their business to major overhauls like changing their distribution or business models, just to survive.

For its recent digital efforts for inclusive and accessible digital banking during this pandemic, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) was named 2020 Best Digital Bank in the Philippines by Asiamoney, besting all other banks in the country.

Face-to-face instruction continues to be out of the picture due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In hopes of still providing a safe learning environment for students, educational institutions have pushed for continuing education through synchronous and asynchronous online learning. In line with this, Arellano University (AU) partnered with Globe in the acquisition of Internet modems suitable for blended learning.

Acclaimed business leaders will share valuable insights and experiences on this topic and more at the much-awaited DigiCon OMNI, presented by the Internet & Mobile Marketing Association of the Philippines (IMMAP) in partnership with mobile services provider Smart Communications, Inc. to be held virtually from Oct. 5 to 9, 2020.

Chuck Robbins, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Cisco Systems, Inc., will be a special guest at PLDT Enterprise’s Philippine Digital Convention 2020 (PH Digicon) this coming October 28 to October 30, 2020. 

Just recently, VMware, Inc., a leading innovator in enterprise software, announced new advancements to its intrinsic security portfolio, giving Southeast Asian organizations the capabilities to better secure their business in the new digital reality – spanning the distributed workforce and across private and public clouds. The expanded security portfolio advances security for the public and private clouds, security operations and distributed workforce, enabling Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) to intelligently manage and better secure access to any app, on any cloud, delivered to any device, as they build resilient and future-ready businesses.

Globe has been consistently upgrading its network and accelerating infra builds as part of its efforts to provide better data experience and connectivity to its subscribers. Prior to the pandemic in 2019, Globe spent P51 billion in capex to increase its builds, putting up 139% more cell sites compared to 2018.  As a result, 4G base stations of the company increased, putting up 28% more than 2018, doubling the deployment of massive MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) sites, thus considerably adding more data capacity.

Shell has launched the industry-leading biker-specific fuel islands, also known as biker fuel lanes, designed to meet the different needs of motorcycle riders by providing them with customized services that enhance their protection  and efficiency on the road. Shell staff in these dedicated hubs will also give special or VIP priority to these bikers driving in, offering them a combination of premier Shell products as well as free services that help keep their vehicles in top shape. 

Written by MB TechNews Staff