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Telcos, banks urged to step up fight against SIM swap scam

Re-electionist senator Sherwin Gatchalian took note of a recent incident relayed in a newspaper column on how a housewife's credit card was charged P1.7 million after her SIM card was replaced by fraudsters to underhandedly carry out online credit card transactions.

DICT told to invest in underserved areas, not compete with telcos

Sen. Ralph Recto said instead of replicating or doing redundant investments in areas that already have Internet coverage, the DICT should concentrate on underserved and unserved areas.

RCBC’s DiskarTech partners with DepEd for grassroots FinEd program

RCBC’s DiskarTech will implement a curriculum-based digital finance study program that will be integrated next school year in the lessons of the senior high school students nationwide, especially those who are taking the Accounting, Business and Management (ABM) strand.

House panel approves bill requiring text or e-mail notice to traffic violators

House Bill 5656 would require the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to send text or e-mail notifications to inform violators of the No Contact Traffic Apprehension Policy.

Poe reminds DICT: Gov’t offices should get 200 Mbps Internet speed by Feb. 2022

With the completion of Phase 1 of the much-touted National Broadband Plan (NBP), Sen. Grace Poe said the Filipino people are looking forward to the government's promised 200 megabits per second (Mbps) Internet speed for state agencies and departments.

IBM study: PH execs say one-vendor approach to cloud is dead

Only five percent of respondents in the Philippines reported using a single private or public cloud in 2021, down from 51 percent in 2019 – establishing hybrid cloud as the dominant IT architecture.

Report: PH startups growing but still lagging behind Asean rivals

The Gobi-Core Philippine Startup Ecosystem Report 2021 said with the growing number of investments in the local market, the Philippine startup ecosystem has begun changing for the better.

QC gov’t taps Smart for QCitizen ID to streamline public services

Smart will provide over 2.2 million QC residents with free Smart SIMs with load allocation. The mobile numbers from their new Prepaid SIMs will then be recorded on their QCitizen ID registration form and will be activated on the Smart Infocast platform.

Bankers group unveils anti-scam campaign to promote cybersecurity in PH

The Bankers Association of the Philippines (BAP) has launched its Anti-Scam Campaign, a wide-ranging information campaign undertaken with various partners that aims to promote cybersecurity, cybersafety, and awareness among the Filipino banking public.

Survey shows kids likely to copy digital habits of their parents

A new study by Kaspersky has shown a direct correlation between how much time parents and their children spend on devices.

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