Furthermore, economics is a big factor why Filipinos are reluctant to pay for downloads compared to their wealthier counterparts in Southeast Asia and the rest of the world.
This issue will likely dominate and tackled in the country?s biggest BPO event ? the 9th International IT-BPM Summit ? which will be held on Nov. 7, 2017 in Makati City.
The proposed bill seeks the repeal or amendment of contentious provisions of Republic Act 10175 which cast a chilling effect over the exercise of free online expression.
Rodolfo “Rudy” Salalima, the first secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), tendered his resignation letter to Pres. Rodrigo Duterte two weeks ago, a reliable source told Newsbytes.PH.
Public and private companies that failed to beat the September 9 deadline for the registration of their data processing systems starting with the registration of their Data Protection Officer (DPO) could face compliance checks, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) warned.
The regulatory body made the statement during a Senate hearing held on Wednesday, Sept. 13, to probe the imposition by telcos of an expiration period on the validity of prepaid and the forfeiture of load credits.
A top investment executive said AI can be leveraged to train people better for the long term, especially in the light of the projected job losses, especially in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry.
The House of Representatives terminated on Thursday, Sept. 7, the plenary deliberation on the P6.8-billion budget that the DICT has put forward for next year.
The National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) is preparing 20 local government units (LGUs) to be connected to the Philippine Business Registry (PBR) this year in line with its target to fully implement the online system by 2020.
