The bill provides that the DICT should ensure the minimum Internet speed is 10 megabits per second (Mbps) or meet the Internet connection speed above global average, "whichever is higher".
After hurdling the Senate with a final vote of 18-0-0, the Free Internet Access in Public Places Act is seen clearing the House of Representatives in May.
NPC deputy commissioner Dondi Mapa said organizations that employ 250 people or handle more than 1,000 customers in their database should also register their compliance with the NPC.
Work on the 2018 national budget has begun among agencies, with all requests bundled together in one proposed spending bill that Pres. Rodrigo Duterte will send to Congress by July.
In previous committee hearings, Sen. Paolo Benigno ?Bam? Aquino said it was determined by various stakeholders that more players are needed to improve Internet service while keeping prices reasonable.
The local office of tech behemoth IBM is pulling out all the stops to preach the virtues of "blockchain" -- a technology, the company said, worthy of the hype as the next biggest thing after the Internet.
Resurgent chip maker AMD has taken a significant step into the server and datacenter market with its most detailed look yet at the upcoming high-performance CPU for servers, codenamed ?Naples?.
Government-owned online shop oneSTore.ph has formally signed an memorandum of agreement with the Land Bank of the Philippines for the adoption of a payment solution that will allow consumers to buy local products electronically and at a cheaper price.
A study conducted by tech titan Microsoft on digital transformation in the Philippines showed that 86 percent of business leaders are one in saying that business success depends on going digital.
The top IT trends expected to take Philippine businesses to higher levels in 2017 were highlighted in a recent press event organized by WordText Systems Inc. (WSI), an IT solutions distributor in the country.
