The House of Representatives moved to to take strong action against criminal activities carried out with the use of mobile phones by passing on final reading the mandatory registration of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards. House of Representatives plenary The chamber voted 181 for and six...
Ten government agencies, including the National Privacy Commission (NPC) and National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) have joined efforts to catch those behind the text spams luring Filipinos into dubious investment schemes and work-from-home jobs. (Unsplash) Spearheaded by the Cybercrime...
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) ordered telecommunications companies to warn their subscribers on scam messages offering fake jobs. (NTC / MANILA BULLETIN) In a memo dated Nov. 19, NTC ordered Digitel Mobile Philippines, Globe Telecom, Smart Communications, and Dito Telecommunity...
Senator Win Gatchalian on Friday, Nov. 19 made a renewed call for the inclusion of additional security measures involving telecommunication companies to ensure consumer protection in light of a recent scam utilizing sim cards. Senate Committee on Energy Chairman Sherwin T. Gatchalian Gatchalian,...
33951 Telcos blamed combined non-technical and technical issues for the "birth pains" of implementing Mobile Number Portability (MNP). However, Telecommunications Connectivity Inc. (TCI), a joint venture of DITO Telecommunity, Globe Telecom Inc. and Smart Communications Inc., assured the National...
Reelectionist Senator Leila De Lima is now seeking a congressional inquiry into the reported sale and use of text blast machines for probable partisan political activities. De Lima said such activity is abusive and dangerous as it hijacks emergency protocol systems to “spam” people with...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Wednesday, September 29, urged telecommunication companies to ensure that mechanisms safeguarding mobile phone subscribers’ personal data are in place as they start the implementation of the Mobile Number Portability Act (MNPA) on September 30. Gatchalian said 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...
A public policy thinktank on Friday, Sept. 10 called on the National Telecommunication Commission to strictly observe transparency in the conduct of technical audit of telecommunications firms. NTC logo Former Kabataan Partylist Rep. Terry Ridon of Infrawatch PH said the NTC should reveal the...
NTC The National Telecommunications Commission on Tuesday ordered all telecommunications entities to ensure the sufficiency of the number of technical and support personnel and standby generators with extra fuel, tools and spare equipment in the areas forecast to be affected by the incoming...
ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro wants the House of Representatives to look into the operations of Dito Telecommunity, the third telecommunications player in the country, for allegedly failing to make good promises aimed at improving telecommunicaitons services. Telco Tower Castro said...
Now Corporation is expanding its high-speed broadband service to key cities nationwide as more local businesses go digital. now-corp Ironically, the pandemic hastened digital transformation, opening new opportunities for unprecedented revenue growth, according to newly appointed Now president and....
