It has been over a year since the still ongoing COVID-19 pandemic disrupted normal life. Among those institutions that have been gravely affected is the country’s education system. In an effort to ensure that the needs of learners are not neglected in this so-called new normal, the Department of...
Fiber broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. elected its board members, led by former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Secretary Jose P. de Jesus as Chairman and Independent Director, during last week's Annual...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said it is ramping up the country’s readiness for participation in the global digital economy in celebration of this year’s National ICT Month. Photo courtesy of the DICT. With a theme, “Onwards Through ICT: Building a...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is ramping up the country’s readiness to participate in the global digital economy this National ICT Month 2021. 1200px-Department_of_Information_and_Communications_Technology_(DICT).svg This year, the Department focuses on the...
Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation’s (Keppel T&T) wholly-owned subsidiary, Keppel Midgard Holdings Pte. Ltd. (KMH), and Converge ICT Solutions Inc. have virtually signed definitive agreements for the latter's P5 billion investment in the Bifrost Cable System linking Singapore to...
Pure fiber data network and internet service provider Converge Information and Communications Technology Solutions, Inc. has expanded its fiber assets to serve another million customers this April and is on track to cover 55 percent of Philippine households by 2025, Founder, CEO, and Executive...
Fiber internet service provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. has completed linking Visayas and Mindanao to its national fiber backbone via its P6 Billion submarine cable project. On Wednesday, April 28, the company landed its submarine cables in Cagayan de Oro for the final connection after another...
Education Secretary Leonor Briones underscored the need to implement drastic changes in the delivery of education especially in the coming years. Education Secretary Leonor Briones (DepEd/FILE PHOTO/MANILA BULLETIN) “The central and field offices need to collaborate in improving and enriching the...
Local fiber broadband provider Converge Information & Communications Technology Solutions, Inc. (Converge) is investing $100 million (around P5 billion) into the Bifrost Cable System, in a partnership with Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation’s (Keppel T&T), wholly-owned...
The Philippine stock market is seen to weaken further this short trading week as COVD-19 cases continue to surge, sparking talks of the imposition of even more stringent lockdown measures—the government’s main tool in trying to keep infections down. “The local market may decline next week as...
The country can still recover lost ground and accelerate growth to catch up with its aspiration to end poverty and be a predominantly middle-class society under the Ambisyon 2040 through frontier technologies, the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) said. PCCI President Amb....
High-speed fiber broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. is about to complete its national fiber backbone as it installs 1,800 kilometers of submarine sea cables connecting Visayas and Mindanao this month. “We started Converge nine years ago with a dream to bring the world’s best...
