The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Thursday, Aug. 20, awarded to partners-operators of ride-sharing companies GrabCar and Uber their first provisional authorities (PA) to operate a Transportation Network Vehicle Service (TNVS).
With a senator expressing his dismay on the delay of its issuance, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) formally released on Thursday, Aug. 13, its memorandum order on Internet speed and standards in the country.
An activist organization of local ICT professionals has branded the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) as ?inutile? for allegedly failing to institute stronger pro-consumer policies in its draft memorandum circular on Internet speed and standards.
The number of slots for undergraduate scholarship offered by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) under its Science Education Institute (SEI), has more than tripled in five years, jumping from 1,250 in 2010 to 5,595 in 2015.
Bagging the contract is a joint venture of Innove Communications and Yondu Solutions, both subsidiaries of Globe Telecom, which submitted a bid of P74,844,000. The 14 PoPs will serve as the backbone and distribution hubs for Internet connectivity for the 967 municipalities connected under the project.
Sen. Ralph G. Recto has issued a call asking the government to open a Facebook account for every government infrastructure project to allow the public to track its progress and monitor its implementation.
With Microsoft appearing to have gotten its mojo back with the formal unveiling in the country of the Windows 10 operating system, the whole tech ecosystem, particularly PC manufacturers, is also preparing for a positive jolt of sorts.
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has eliminated the tariffs on a total of 201 products being manufactured under the information technology sector. The abolishment follows an accord reached by 54 WTO members last July 18, and was confirmed in a meeting held last July 24 at the WTO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
The medal harvest was good enough for the Philippines to place 36th overall since it started competing in 1988 at the IMO, the hardest and most prestigious math competition in the world.
The Department of Justice recently took a step towards greater protection of government data in cyberspace with the constitution of its first Cyber Security Incident Response Team or the CSIRT.
