This was the timeframe set in a joint memorandum circular signed this week by the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).
The Philippines gained nine notches in the 2016 Global Innovation Index (GII) report, ranking the country as the 74th most innovative nation among 128 economies surveyed.
With the local economy flourishing despite the toxic political climate, Japanese telecom behemoth NTT Group is placing a huge bet on the Philippines as it announced recently its acquisition of a local tech group which will now become NTT Data Philippines.
Four years after its approval in 2012, the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Data Privacy Act was finally promulgated by the National Privacy Commission (NPC) on Aug. 24, Wednesday.
The National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) has stressed the need for the Philippines to increase investments in science and technology and innovation (STI) to boost the development of the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
The Philippine Electronics and Telecommunications Federation, also known as PETEF, said in a resolution dated Aug. 9 that ?it strongly recommends? the disapproval of the sale of SMC assets, particularly the frequencies in the 700Mhz band and other frequency bands, and return it to the government through the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).
In a study of 26 geographically, economically, and politically diverse countries, the Brookings Report found the Philippines to have gained the highest improvement in overall score for digital and financial inclusion.
