Committed to its goal of achieving national digitalization, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) inked an agreement with 13 national government agencies, vowing to deliver transparent and seamless streamlining of government operations in the country. DICT Secretary Ivan...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology’s Cybersecurity Bureau advised Filipinos to only transact with online sellers within legitimate e-commerce platforms or online stores to ensure their safety. This, according to DICT, was after they received reports and complaints where...
Last week, I had the privilege of learning more about the Department of Information and Communications Technology’s (DICT) National Cybersecurity Plan with Secretary Ivan Uy and Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Dy. I am impressed with their initiative and commend the Philippines for taking steps to...
Filipinos were told to brace for a possible uptick in mobile text scams and spams following the 90-day extension given to the mandatory SIM card registration. (Unsplash) In a public briefing on Tuesday afternoon, April 25, Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan...
The mandatory SIM card registration, which was supposed to end on April 26, has been extended for 90 more days, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) confirmed on Tuesday, April 25. Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards (Courtesy of Pixabay) DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy...
Senator Grace Poe on Tuesday, April 25, welcomed the decision of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to extend the period for registering Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards for 90 days. The deadline for SIM card registration is tomorrow, April 26. Poe, head of the...
Will the SIM registration period be extended or not? The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Monday, April 24, said they are considering the possible extension of the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card registration period. SIM card (Unsplash) Two days before the...
The mandatory Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) registration will still end on April 26, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said on Wednesday morning, April 19. In a statement, the DICT acknowledged the appeals of public telecommunication entities (PTEs) to extend the...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) launched the Broadband ng Masa program in Davao City in line with its goal to eradicate digital divide across the archipelago. (Department of Information and Communications Technology) The program was formally activated at the...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) bared that the latest SIM Registration tally has breached 69 million, but this is only equivalent to about 41.32 percent of the existing cards across the archipelago. Data issued by the DICT showed that a total of 69,828,115 users...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has activated another free Wi-Fi site in Central Luzon, but this time it was located in the municipality of Bulakan in the province of Bulacan. “The DICT Region 3, with the support of local government units (LGUs), has installed...
Only 65,154,570 subscribers have so far registered their units, said the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) 15 days before the mandatory measure ends. In its latest bulletin, DICT said a total of 65,154,570 Filipinos have registered their Subscriber Identity Module (SIM)...
