Business IT

The Jupiter Cable System is now the fastest cable system between the Philippines and the United States. Once fully equipped, it is anticipated to increase PLDT’s international capacity of 20 Terabit/s to about 60 Terabit/s.

The value of digital payments in the country, meanwhile, represented 44.1 percent of total retail payments in 2021, up from the 26.8 percent recorded a year earlier.

Dell Technologies continues to be the “number one” in the local external storage industry in terms of market share, country general manager Ronnie Latinazo said on Tuesday, June 28.

The new Philippine location of Bain & Company in Manila marks the company’s growing reach in the Southeast Asian region, the international business and management consultancy firm said on Thursday, June 23.

BPO operator iQor announced it has added additional employment opportunities at its Iloilo site as part of its commitment to ramp up hiring in 2022.

Based on the data collected from Taxumo’s user base in 2021, 43% of the total amount collected are from sole proprietors, highlighting the contributions of small businesses and independent contractors to post-Covid economic recovery.

DTI and PS-DBM agreed to share with each other personal and business information of the registrants from their respective system databases, primarily for the purpose of linking DTI’s Business Name Registration System (BNRS) with the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS).

ARTA’s revocation of its ruling came after the Office of the Ombudsman suspended ARTA director general Jeremiah Belgica and other top officials for six months after a complaint was filed against them by DITO Telecommunity.

Recognizing the importance of e-commerce in facilitating cross-border trade in goods and services, the Philippines during the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva, Switzerland expressed its support for the extension of the moratorium on the imposition of customs duties on electronic transmissions until the next Ministerial Conference.

Common tower provider Phil-Tower Consortium has announced the completion of their 200th cell site, a major milestone for the industry as the last 100 sites were completed in just over a month.