Globe Telecom Inc.'s network rollout remained on track with 1,064 new cell towers built and P74.4 billion capital expenditure (capex) spent in the first nine months of 2022, the telco announced Monday, November 28. The bulk of the telco's capex, 84 percent, was allocated for data requirements to...
Coopnet The first-ever cardless teller machine that will work with a QR code was launched last November 11 in the course of the 2022 C-Tech Summit. COOPNET rolled out its Cooperation Network (COOPNET) teller machines (CTMs) to cater for the underserved and less digitized cooperatives and financial...
The Trevolution Group, which operates International Travel Network (ITN), Asaptickets, Skyluxtravel, Aviajet, and other travel brands, sold 100,000 tickets on flights between the United States and the Philippines in the first ten months of 2022, ten percent more than during the same period in 2019...
Media giant GMA Network continues to expand its reach and now has 95 TV stations all over the country to provide quality viewing experience for Filipinos. Comprised of analog and digital TV broadcast stations strategically placed in key areas nationwide, GMA’s latest digital upgrades include two...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-6 is pushing for stronger implementation of labor laws for tourism workers at world-famous Boracay Island after the establishment of a human resource (HR) network. WORKERS of Boracay Island arrive at the port of Boracay last Oct. 1, 2020...
Buckling to political pressures, ABS-CBN Corporation and TV5 Network have decided to delay the closing of their agreement which would allow ABS-CBN to acquire up to 49.92 percent of TV5. “To address the issues which have been raised by certain legislators and the National Telecommunications...
GMA Network, Inc. reported that its Executive Committee has elected Atty. Annette Gozon-Valdes as its new Senior Vice President effective September 1 this year. In a statement, GMA said that, in this role, she will oversee the Talent Management and Development Dept., Program Management Dept., Human...
Senator Jinggoy Estrada is pressing the Governance Commission for Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations (GCG) to settle the unpaid back wages and benefits of employees of state-owned People's Television Network and IBC-13. Estrada made the appeal after finding out during Tuesday's...
THE RIGHT MOVE NCAP or the No Contact Apprehension Policy, is a system where cars are already ticketed for traffic violations without the intervention of traffic enforcers. Supposedly, state-of-the-art cameras with artificial intelligence technology photograph and record the conduction stickers and...
“Our Land, Our Food, Our Rice! Reject Golden Rice!” is an outcry of countless farmers and concerned consumers over the recent approval of Golden Rice’s application for varietal registration by the National Seed Industry Council (NSIC) and DA’s issuance of a biosafety permit for Golden Rice...
PLDT Inc. has piloted a common virtualized network, a first in the Philippines, to transform jts service and cut operating costs. PLDT and Smart Communication Inc. disclosed Wednesday, Aug. 10 that its Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI) is a "first in the Philippines". "Our...
Globe Telecom Inc. is modernizing its Information Technology (IT) system at the cost of P4.1 billion to lessen service outages and improve billings for its 87.4 million customers, the company disclosed Monday ( Aug. 8). The telco's multi-year initiative translates to better user access to its...
