PLDT and Smart Communications, Inc. secured 22,000 fixed and wireless permits as of June 22, 2021 after the government fast-tracked approvals for telcos. This enabled the two to step up their internet speeds, on the back of their network rollouts. Smart's average mobile download speeds have almost...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has expressed confidence that Internet speeds in the country will further improve. Department of Information and Communications Technology DICT Undersecretary Emmanuel Rey Caintic said Monday, June 21, that Filipinos will have much...
The Philippines’ average Internet speed continues to improve as the country further climbed the global internet speed rankings, according to the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). DICT Based on the latest report of global Internet speed monitoring firm Ookla...
The Philippine’s fixed broadband average download speed continued to improve as of March 2021, according to the latest Ookla Speedtest Global Index report. The country registered a 7.79 Mbps or 20.25 percent increase in speed from the recorded 38.46 Mbps on February, jumping to 46.25...
The Philippines moved up 3 notches to 83rd spot for mobile internet speed, and up 8 notches to 92nd for fixed broadband in a ranking of 140 countries in last month's Ookla Speedtest report. "Everyone in government, telecommunication companies, and mobile network operators had been doubling efforts...
The Philippines moved 25 places, from number 111 in global mobile internet speed rankings in January 2020 to number 86th last month, according to latest data from Ookla. For fixed broadband, the country’s average download speed was recorded at 32.73 Mbps. The country...
