Senator Rodante Marcoleta on Tuesday, Nov. 25, disputed the claim of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) that its personnel underwent proper training in Israel in 2023 for the use of two major components of the agency’s ICT Modernization Project, the GSM Active and Passive Monitoring...
Senator Robin Padilla presented on Tuesday, Nov. 25, an unverified audio recording allegedly made to sound like a conversation between a certain Presidential Communications Office (PCO) official and an unidentified individual linked to troll farms, which he said surfaced online and required the...
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Vince Dizon assured the public that the first arrests linked to anomalous flood control projects are just the opening salvo in a sweeping accountability drive across the agency. Dizon said more individuals involved in the irregularities will...
Tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan is not ruling out plans to revive Smart Money, a pioneer in the mobile wallet space, despite the executive leading its comeback having since stepped down. Pangilinan, chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Smart Communications Inc., said the company still...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has called on the country’s leading technology firms, such as mobile wallet giant GCash and ride-hailing company Grab Philippines, to consider going public to breathe new life into the local bourse. DICT Secretary Henry Aguda said...
Anastacio R. Martirez has resigned as Chief Operating Officer of Smart Communications Inc., effective Oct. 21, following an internal investigation into employee complaints regarding workplace culture, according to a report by news website InsiderPH, citing an internal memo from PLDT Inc. Chairman...
Officially designated as Republic Act (RA) No. 12234, the Konektadong Pinoy Act automatically lapsed into law last week after no presidential action was taken on it within 30 days after Congress transmitted the bicameral bill to Malacañang. Also known as the Open Access in Data Transmission Act,...
The telecommunications industry is urging the government to ensure strong safeguards for consumers under the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) to be crafted for the Konektadong Pinoy Act, which recently lapsed into law. The bill, also known as the Open Access in Data Transmission Act,...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is carrying out a study to assess the feasibility of converting the long-mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) into a hyperscale data center. As it stands, DICT Secretary Henry Aguda said the BNPP already has the...
Government agencies posted a 94-percent utilization rate of their cash allocations in the first seven months of 2025, unchanged from a year ago, but the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) continued to trail behind. Latest data from the...
Just days away from its potential passage into law, the leading figure behind Converge ICT Solutions Inc. expressed support for the contentious Konektadong Pinoy bill, in contrast to the opposition voiced by other major players in the telco industry. Despite his company being among the four leading...
Mobile services provider Smart Communications Inc. is kicking into the next gear of the telecommunications industry with the launch of KiQ, the country’s first app-based mobile brand designed with Gen Z in mind. Smart, the wireless unit of telecommunications giant PLDT Inc., said its new service...
