Social media giants Facebook and Twitter should require their users to include their real names on their accounts so they will be more responsible and refrain from posting fake and malicious news, as well as in attacking groups and personalities on the platform, retired former Supreme Court Senior...
Vice President Leni Robredo called on the government, political parties, and Filipinos to unite amidst the threats of the pandemic and the political upheavals that sow discord and disagreements. Vice President Leni Robredo (Jansen Romero/Manila Bulletin) The country’s second-highest official...
The country's fixed and mobile internet speeds have more than doubled between June 2020 and June 2021, according to the latest Speedtest Global Index by Ookla. In June 2021, average mobile internet download speeds in the country stood at 32.84 Mbps, twice as fast as the speeds posted in the same...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has called on state-owned Cagayan Economic Zone Authority to immediately collect over P148 million in lease and other financial obligations owed by Cagayan Freeport business locators and gaming licensees, including the on-line and land-based gaming operator First...
The Philippine Competition Commission (PCC), the country’s anti-trust watchdog, has set up a task force that will look into the issue of abuse of dominance involving Internet exclusivity deal in condominiums and subdivisions as complaints rise. PCC Chairman Arsenio M. Balisacan revealed this...
If there is one topic that President Rodrigo Duterte should not miss in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) next week, it should be his administration’s accomplishments in the advancement of the telecommunications industry. Laptop Internet speed In reports reaching members of the House...
The Philippines’ internet speed rankings for both fixed broadband and mobile continued to improve last June, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said. Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Latest figures from global speed monitoring firm...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) inaugurated 163 Internet hotspots under its Free Wi-Fi for All Program during a province-wide launching event in Nueva Ecija recently. Most of the newly activated free Wi-Fi sites are located in the cities of Cabanatuan and Palayan,...
The unreliable internet signal in the country emerged as the top problem among teachers and students under the distance learning set-up according to a survey. Online learning is one of the multiple learning delivery modalities implemented this school year amid the COVID-19 pandemic (JANSEN ROMERO /...
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Tuesday, (July 13) welcomed the country's continued internet speed upturn for both fixed broadband and mobile Internet last month. Latest figures (June 2021) from global speed monitoring firm Speedtest by Ookla showed the...
The rollout of additional open access fiber optic cables in the Philippines will lower internet rates and improve access by yearend. Already, Philippines Fiber Optic Cable Network (PFOCN), the local subsidiary of Singapore-based HyalRoute Group, invested US$3 billion for a 60,000-kilometer fiber...
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...
