Local telco group PLDT and Smart Communications has lauded the passage last Dec. 2 of House Bill 10388, which requires subdivisions and housing development projects to allocate an area for cell sites, at the House of Representatives on its third and final reading.
In what is expected to be the largest virtual gathering of tech brands and IT leaders, VST-ECS Phils. Inc. will host the CXO Innovation Summit 2021 on December 7-10 to help participants navigate the future of digital business.
Ten government agencies, including the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and Department of Justice (DOJ), have joined efforts to catch those behind the epidemic of smishing and text spams luring Filipinos into spurious investment schemes and work-from-home jobs.
At the same time, the BSP said it will also “recalibrate” its approach in handling applications from non-bank institutions for new EMI (electronic money institution) or e-wallet licenses.
Re-electionist senator Joel Villanueva has filed a bill providing mobile phone subscribers an "opt-in" mechanism on push messages on SMS or calls as a response to the pervasive text messages circulating in the public offering purported high-paying jobs and other products.
SEC chairman Emilio Aquino said the online applications were completed in just one day and as fast as less than two minutes under the Electronic Simplified Processing of Application for Registration of Company (eSPARC).
Open Banking Exchange (OBE), the non-profit global movement for industry stakeholders which has enjoyed tremendous success in Europe and the United Kingdom, has launched its Asian arm to increase financial inclusion in the region through Open Finance and Open Banking.
Silicon Valley-based hardware security firm Axiado Corp. also announced the appointment of Converge CEO and founder Dennis Uy to its board of directors after he made an undisclosed amount of investment during a recent funding round.
