The Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) has instructed Smart Communication to present to the Makati City government its income earned nationwide to determine the correctness of the latter's presumptive franchise tax deficiency assessment of more than P3 billion. Court of Tax Appeals / Facebook The Court en...
PLDT and Smart Communications, Inc. continue to clamp down on the spread of child abuse materials (CSAM) online, blocking almost 250,000 attempts to open links known to contain CSAM last month. This followed a decrease in the number of blocked attempts to access these materials in the second...
Smart Communications, Inc. is collaborating with US-based Omnispace to explore the capabilities of space-based 5G communications using low earth orbit (LEO) satellites The aim is to connect remote areas, incorporate Internet of Things (IoT) and sensors to monitor weather disturbances and natural...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo A government that is accessible to the public any time of the day, any day of the week. This is the vision of Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John E. Uy. A passionate advocate of e-governance, Secretary Uy said that...
Ookla, the global leader in mobile and broadband network intelligence, declared Smart Communications, Inc. as the Philippines' Fastest and Best Mobile Network in its latest report. So far, Ookla has only given the Best Mobile Network citation to 20 mobile operators in the world,. Smart was the...
On their own, Globe Telecom Inc. and Smart Communications Inc. cannot refuse or limit interconnection to DITO Telecommunity for "any reason" whatsoever. Former commissioner of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)...
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye With the advent of Zoom and similar apps, staying connected with business associates, friends and relatives is no problem at all and I am beginning to enjoy it. Business also appreciates the advantages of virtual meetings. Had the last two annual stockholders meetings...
Cybercrime will cost the world more than $10 trillion annually in 2025, making the illicit industry more profitable than the cross-border trade of illegal drugs. This was according to PLDT and Smart Communication Inc.'s Cyber Security Operations Group (CSOG), quoting data from Cybersecurity...
PLDT Inc. has piloted a common virtualized network, a first in the Philippines, to transform jts service and cut operating costs. PLDT and Smart Communication Inc. disclosed Wednesday, Aug. 10 that its Network Function Virtualization Infrastructure (NFVI) is a "first in the Philippines". "Our...
Smart Communications Inc., hit back at DITO Telecommunity Corporation saying its accusation of anti-competitive behavior is baseless, a ploy to shirk huge penalties for the fraudulent voice traffic it fails to control in its network, to the detriment of Smart and the government. While Smart has yet...
Globe Telecom Inc., Eastern Communications, along with telecom and digital solutions provider InfiniVAN, recently started deploying fiber cables to build the country’s longest submarine fiber cable network spanning 2,500 kilometers, about the same distance between Manila and Singapore, for a yet...
Smart Communications, Inc. delivered the Best Mobile Coverage in the country for the first half of the year, according to the latest independent report by Ookla®, global leader in mobile and broadband network intelligence. Based on user-generated tests and scans in 2.3 million devices across...
