The National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) has stressed the need for the Philippines to increase investments in science and technology and innovation (STI) to boost the development of the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
Global sales of smartphones to end-users totaled 344 million units in the second quarter of 2016, a 4.3-percent increase over the same period in 2015, according to research firm Gartner.
The Philippine Electronics and Telecommunications Federation, also known as PETEF, said in a resolution dated Aug. 9 that ?it strongly recommends? the disapproval of the sale of SMC assets, particularly the frequencies in the 700Mhz band and other frequency bands, and return it to the government through the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).
Ford has announced its intent to have a high-volume, fully autonomous vehicle in commercial operation in 2021 in a ride-hailing or ride-sharing service.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has collaborated with the Mindanao State University- Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) to set up the Fab Lab Mindanao, a shared service facility with P4.96 million worth of state-of-the-art equipment.
An online survey by Kaspersky Lab showed Filipino Internet users still commit cybersecurity mistakes that make them at risk of the ever-present threats online.
Globe president and CEO Ernest Cu pointed out that current industry barriers were not put up by existing telco players but a combination of high network spending, which runs in multi-billion dollar investments due to lack of infrastructure and difficulties in network deployment due to bureaucratic red tape that further increases cost of operations.
