The "State of the Internet Report" for the first quarter of 2017 from tech firm Akamai Technologies showed that the Philippines has retained its dubious title as the country with the slowest Internet speed in Asia Pacific at 5.5 Mbps.
The NICP said that by reducing or removing the current set of tax incentives for ICT-enabled industries, the provincial locations, which currently take advantage of national incentives under a centralized government structure, would be severely affected.
