The Department of Information and Communications and Technology (DICT) is expected to come up with its audit on the use of software in government offices to put an end to persistent complaint by the US Trade Representative (USTR) of Philippine government offices’ continued use of pirated computer...
DITO Telecommunity, the country’s third player, could boost the information technology-business process management (IT-BPM) services sector of Cebu. This was the pronouncement of the Department of Information and Communications Technology Visayas Cluster 2 (DICT VC2) last night (March 18). "The...
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 current digital infrastructure of the country is still not enough to realize an affordable and fast Internet connectivity," Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Undersecretary for Digital Philippines Emmanuel Caintic revealed during a recent online forum. "One of...
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...
While local telcos have stepped up the rollout of cell sites nationwide, the numbers have not come up to a third of the Philippines' neighbors in the region. The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)'s latest report to Malacanang showed that the country now has a total of 22,834 cell sites....
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) increased the rollout of its Free Wi-Fi for All Program (FW4A) by 500 percent last year. For 2020 alone, the DICT put up 4,305 live sites within the year, bringing the total to 7,556 active live sites as of December 28, 2020. From...
Year-Ender The pandemic did not wreak as much devastation in the telecom sector as it did in transportation, property and trade. In a locked down world, the mantra of businesses became: digitalize or die. Most of the country's over 100 million locked down population went online, working and...
Government agencies and local government units (LGUs) will now honor the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT)’s digital and electronic signatures for permits and licenses. Last week, the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) and Commission on Audit (CoA) confirmed the Philippine...
The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) said that the use of electronic signatures and online payment in government transactions are valid. ARTA Director General Jeremiah Belgica said this is pursuant to the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) Memorandum Circular No. 2020-06 or the Guidelines for the...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is proposing the use of satellites to bring financial products and services to the unbanked and underserved areas, and these are locations that are beyond the reach of telecommunication companies. BSP Governor Benjamin E. Diokno, who has a goal of bringing 50...
Telecom regulators urged the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to amend right-of-way (ROW) rules so telcos can roll-out infrastructure faster and speed up Internet connections. Specifically, both the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the National...
