The anticipated commercial launch of DITO Telecommunity this year is not expected to close the digital gap between rich and poor cities in the Philippines, after the company confirmed in a Senate hearing it would be unable to immediately cover underserved areas with their telco services. ...
PLDT Inc. and telco newcomer DITO Telecommunity Corporation today, Feb. 23, announced they have forged a deal to construct a transmission facility interconnecting their subscribers. Their interconnection hub will be completed by end of next month, in time for the commercial operations of DITO....
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) today (February 22, 2021) announced that Dito Telecommunity Corporation passed its first technical audit. The third telco even surpassed the required minimum average broadband speed set at 27 megabits per second (Mbps), according to independent...
DITO CME Holdings Corporation, the communications, media and entertainment unit of Davao businessman Dennis A. Uy, has teamed up with CloudSwyft to put up an online education platform. In a statement, DITO CME said it has signed a joint venture agreement with...
Independent auditor R.G. Manabat yesterday (Jan. 7) began its 30-day technical audit of third telco player, DITO Telecommunity's level of phone service. The auditor, an affiliate of international audit firm KPMG, will test the third telco's connectivity and internet speeds in several areas to make...
Year-Ender The pandemic did not wreak as much devastation in the telecom sector as it did in transportation, property and trade. In a locked down world, the mantra of businesses became: digitalize or die. Most of the country's over 100 million locked down population went online, working and...
Buoyed by sustained demand for data and broadband in pandemic times, PLDT Inc. hauled in P126.6 billion revenues for the first nine months of 2020, up 9 per cent versus the same period last year. Reported income grew 23 per cent to P19.7 billion, despite losses incurred from investments like...
Globe Telecom, Inc. and Dito Telecommunity Corporation have partnered with Aboitiz InfraCapital, Inc. for small cell deployment to boost network capacity and coverage. The Aboitiz Group’s infrastructure arm expects more business within the next two years as telcos prepare for 5G...
Udenna Infrastructure Corporation (UIC) signed a P10-billion (US$200-Million) deal for the construction of DITO towers and the roll-out of fiber optic cables, Jomel Fuentes, Chief Operating Officer disclosed yesterday. “In need of local ...
Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and a lawyers’ group warned of violation of the Constitution and national security risk if Congress enacts law to remove telcos as a public utility open to foreign control. Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio (JOHN JEROME...
The country's upcoming third telco layer, DITO Telecommunity, has already breached its P150-billion investment commitment to date, Chief Administrative Officer Adel A. Tamano told reporters in yesterday's (Sept. 17, 2020) virtual briefing. The telco plans to expand its network by adding 3,500...
Mon Confiado in a scene from 'Golden Holiday' The screening of three international films wait in the wings for Mon Confiado. On Instagram, the 52-year-old actor posted a photo of himself while doing the South Korean action-adventure-crime film "The Golden Holiday" directed by Kim Bong-han. The...
