The Manila-based multilateral lender Asian Development Bank (ADB) is urging its host country to ramp up nationwide mobile internet access to boost Filipino households ' wealth. "Our findings show that mobile internet access has a significant and positive impact on household wealth,...
(Unsplash) Makati City 2nd district Rep. Luis Campos Jr. says the country’s telecommunications companies (telcos) are simply not doing enough to improve their services, particularly when it comes to mobile Internet. Case in point:...
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...