Japanese tech firm NEC, in collaboration with the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and PTV-4, has built and conducted a field trial for a disaster information system enabling the provision of disaster-related information through the use of terrestrial digital broadcasting.
The ICT Office of the Department of Science and Technology has forged an agreement with People's Television (PTV) network for a 25-year co-location deal to improve the government's free Wi-Fi program.
Thailand and Myanmar stood out as the only two emerging markets to record growth. In Thailand, local mobile operators partnered with smartphone vendors as part of a rushed initiative to convert 2G network users to the more advanced 3G network before September 2015.
Recent developments and policy changes in Information Technology and Business Process Management (IT/BPM) in the Philippines are making the country ripe for investment and poising it to ride a new wave of revolution in information and communications technology (ICT).
The EU said the compromise agreement also includes strong Net neutrality rules protecting the right of every European to access Internet content, without discrimination.
Sen. Chiz Escudero said the government, particularly the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and the National Telecommunication Commission (NTC), should give the situation immediate attention.
With just a year left before the Aquino administration finishes its term in office, the government is putting the final touches on its ICT policies in an attempt the hasten the adoption and completion of some of its ICT initiatives for the bureaucracy.
