Sen. Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan, who won a fresh six-year term in the last elections, said Wednesday, July 20, that he has filed Senate Bill 58, which seeks to make free Wi-Fi in public areas a permanent initiative through a law passed by Congress.
Saying radio frequencies should be given to entities that can best utilize it, Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) secretary Rodolfo A. Salalima said it is just proper that PLDT and Globe Telecom have acquired the highly coveted 700 MHz frequency from local conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC).
IDC said the printer market did not achieve major gains from the election season possibly due to increased usage of multimedia platforms such as social media and TV ads instead of print materials.
Gamaliel Cordoba was first appointed by Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2009 and was subsequently retained by Pres. Benigno ?Noynoy? Aquino III. In terms of length of service as NTC chief, he has already surpassed the record of the agency?s first commissioner, Ceferino C. Carreon, who held office from August 1979 to March 1986.
The platform -- called Asean Solutions for Investments, Services and Trade (Asisst) -- will be "an internet-based facility for receiving, processing and responding to complaints submitted by Asean enterprises on operational problems related to the implementation of Asean agreements."
Philippine highlights covered by the mobility report includes "tremendous" growth in smartphone and mobile broadband (MBB) subscription penetration, which was 50 percent in 2015, and expected to spike to 120 percent by 2021.
Taking a combative stance, mobile operator Globe Telecom has lambasted an ICT advocacy group for presenting ?erroneous facts? on the 700 MHz spectrum in its letter to the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC).
According to data from market research firm IDC, PC shipments reached 518,645 units, growing 7% year-on-year (YoY). Such robust growth reinforces the Philippine PC market?s position as among the few in the world to still see growth.
