The council also passed a resolution expressing disappointment on the failure of the officials of the applicant GHT Network to appear in a council hearing at least six times.
The House of Representatives has approved on second reading House Bill 7233 which seeks to require the registration of all users of SIM (subscriber identity module) cards.
The amount, which will be managed by Liwanag ng Kapayapaan Foundation in partnership with local cooperatives in Mindanao, will serve as seed capital to pilot the country's first digital halal microfinancing initially for 500 displaced microentrepreneurs in Marawi City.
When Francisco Balagtas was born outside of Manila in the Philippines in 1788, one of four children and the son of a blacksmith, few might have guessed he would grow up to be one of the most revered writers of the Philippines.
Smart Communications, along with its technology partner Huawei Technologies, has made the first successful Voice over Wifi (VoWifi) call over the Smart network.