PLDT_88kLinks PLDT Inc. has blocked at least 88,000 sites and links with online sexual abuse and exploitation of children (OSAEC), nearly three times more in four months, as part of its commitment to protect children online. OSAEC incidents continue to rise as the country continues to battle with...
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar lauded how government media has "come a long way" in communicating with the public, saying its operations have definitely improved under the Duterte administration. Communications Secretary Martin Andanar and other key officials of the Presidential...
The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) this week regularized 15 personnel who have been working as casual and contractual workers in the PCOO for over 10 years. Communications Secretary Martin Andanar administers the oath-taking of permanent and newly regularized employees during...
media Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) and Korea's largest telecommunications company, KT Corp., have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore and develop consumer 5G use cases for Filipinos. "In order to build a truly world-class 5G ecosystem with life-changing experiences, we need...
Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said that sustainable communication which advocates for actionable responses to societal issues should be introduced in government media. PCOO Secretary Martin Andanar (Photo from PCOO Facebook page) Andanar, who heads the Presidential Communications...
Today, sustainability is at the forefront of everything. The Philippine national government, for one, has enacted several laws to address environmental issues. There’s the Clean Air Act 1999, Ecological Solid Waste Management Act 2000, Clean Water Act 2004, Biofuels Act 2006, and Renewable Energy...
The winners of this year’s Philippine Startup Challenge (PSC) will each receive P500,000 worth of grants from the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), the agency said. Philippine Startup Challenge 2021 (Photo from of the DICT's website) The annual startup competition,...
Innovation-at-the-Core-Standalone-5G-Core-Architecture Smart Communications Inc. has fired up its commercial 5G standalone (SA) sites in Makati, one of the first in the world. The 5G SA technology enables new industry applications using 5G’s full features, such as industrial automation,...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has joined forces with the cybersecurity arm of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to intensify efforts in preventing and suppressing cybercrime in the country. The SEC said it has entered into a Memorandum of Agreement...
The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) expects to achieve in-agency population protection by the end of the year as it continues to inoculate its employees and their dependents from the dreaded coronavirus disease (COVID-19). media Communication Secretary Martin Andanar made the...
It is all set to go for Mobile Number Portability (MNP) this week, Telecommunications Connectivity, Inc. (TCI), the joint venture of the country's three telcos announced. Mobile number portability Beginning Sept. 30, mobile customers can move from one telco service provider to another free of...
At least 138,000 digital vaccination certificates for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been distributed so far since its launch, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said. Department of Information and Communications Technology DICT Undersecretary for Digital...
