Plans are being finalized, including a review of the regulatory requirements and institutional arrangements, to hasten the entry of new competitors to invest in the Philippines in the ICT and energy sectors.
The PLDT-owned unit said the average download speeds of its 3G service increased nearly six times to 6 Mbps, while LTE speeds increased more than four times to over 17 Mbps.
The Philippines ranked 12th globally for malicious codes in 2015, third in Asia Pacific and Japan in social media scams with a total of 46,377 in the same year, seventh in the region for ransomware attacks (6,356), and 14th in Asia Pacific and Japan for spear-phising, targeting wholesale trade.
Pawnshop operator Cebuana Lhuillier has entered into a partnership with Globe Telecom to expand the coverage of the G-Cash mobile money platform operated by Globe?s fintech subsidiary Mynt.
Enterprise applications company IFS has announced that its long-time partner ProV International is expanding the software firm?s footprint in the Philippines to nurture the growth of IFS Applications.
US-based tech firm Akamai Technologies has introduced in the Philippines ? a country long vilified for its supposedly slow mobile Internet ? a new product that it claimed can dramatically speed up the load-up time of websites.
After the initial success of its micro-satellite program, the Philippine government will invest substantially in space technology development in the next 10 years, Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Fortunato Dela Pena said on Thursday, Nov. 17.
Sen. Bam Aquino earlier proposed that telcos be required to remove or clarify terms such as ?unlimited? or ?up to? with regard to the speed and amount of data offered in their broadband advertisements.
From the usual 14 hours on average to complete a manual application in traditional institutions, First Circle said it takes only 2-3 minutes to transact through the company?s proprietary-built system.
