The Philippines has the lowest share of mobile e-commerce traffic in Southeast Asia at 15% with Indonesia leading the pack with an 87% share followed by Vietnam at 26%.
The Senate on Monday, Feb. 19, approved on third and final reading a bill that would allow consumers to keep their cellphone numbers for life, even if they change service providers or subscription plans.
The Philippines would soon be connected with the Asean Single Window (ASW), an online trading platform that aims to facilitate regional trade and commerce.
A new research report sheds light on the network of digital workers designing political disinformation campaigns, authoring fake news, and fanning the flames of public discontent in the Philippines.
The Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA) issued the paper noticing that efforts to establish a mandatory SIM card registration appeared to be gaining steam in Congress.
In a lengthy post on Wednesday, Feb. 7, DICT officer-in-charge Eliseo Rio Jr. said PLDT chair Manny V. Pangilinan has agreed to forego the payment of the 3G frequency it acquired from Cure in 2011.
After a Facebook post by a Globe Telecom subscriber who was victimized by a load deduction scheme went viral, the mobile operator said it would enforce tighter rules against third-party value-added service (VAS) providers.
Laurence Cua, the first general manager of Uber Philippines, is "stepping" down from his position, a spokesperson from the ride-hailing firm confirmed.
Sen. Grace Poe said that it was difficult to separate Uson?s personal opinion from that of the PCOO, adding that her blog ?overlapped? with her official functions as assistant secretary.
