Aerial photo taken on March 11, 2021 shows the eighth Cambodia-China Friendship Bridge across the Mekong River, connecting Kampong Cham province and Tboung Khmum province in southeastern Cambodia. (Shanghai Construction Group/Handout via Xinhua) PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Post-COVID-19 socio-economic...
CAVITE - The provincial government is pre-launching its free public WiFi service called LINKod Kabitenyo, which aims to provide free internet access to students, residents, and visitors. From Nov. 15 to 22, the service will be available on a trial basis in Bacoor, Imus, and Dasmariñas –...
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...
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...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Lamentillo Seventy-one years ago, on Sept. 7, 1950, the Philippine Congress passed Republic Act 573 that authorized the sending of the Philippine Expeditionary Force to Korea (PEFTOK) to help South Korea repel the North Korean aggression. The PEFTOK was composed of five battalion...
Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC), private operator of LRT-1 partnered with point-to-point (P2P) bus service provider UBE Express, Inc. (UBEx) for a new LRT-1 EDSA to NAIA Terminal route. image002 (1) Effective today, September 1, 2021, the new UBEx route will include the LRT-1 EDSA Station as...
The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, Aug. 19, said that it has “nearly completed” the delivery of procured sim cards with connectivity load to field offices. Photo from DepEd “With the support from President Duterte and our lawmakers, we were able to distribute these sim cards with...
The Department of Education (DepEd) has reported that more than 235,000 subscriber identity module (SIM) cards with connectivity load are currently being used by its teaching and non-teaching personnel. (DepEd Facebook page) DepEd said as of Aug. 2, 95.45 percent of all SIM cards have been...
Around 1 million teaching and non-teaching personnel will start receiving their subscriber identity module, or SIM cards with connectivity load, the Department of Education (DepEd) said on Monday, July 12. (Photo from DepEd/ MANILA BULLETIN) DepEd said it has begun distributing SIM cards to its...
Internet connectivity in the country may soon improve as internet service providers (ISPs) are expected to ramp up their services, an official of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said Monday, June 21. Department of Information and Communications Technology DICT...
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) is looking into the use of satellites to further improve the country’s internet connectivity as the Philippines embraces the changing landscape of the economy amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) In an public...
With majority of businesses reinventing themselves to transcend the impact of the ongoing pandemic, the internet became the perfect answer to bridge the resulting gaps and to quickly adapt to the new market realities. This sped up the shift to digitization as many business value chains became...
