Martha Sazon of Mynt (operator of GCash) has been recognized as CEO of the Year while Dr. Richard Parcia of Concepcion Industrial Corporation was named as CIO/CDO of the Year.
ePLDT recently launched a cloud-based phone system called ePLDT Calling for Microsoft Teams, which allows businesses to combine their communication and collaboration systems in a single platform.
The most prominent issue to come out of Honasan’s two-year run as DICT head was when former undersecretary Eliseo M. Rio Jr. resigned from his post in February 2020 and questioned the disbursements of P300 million in agency’s confidential funds.
Smart Communications also lambasted Globe Telecom for being “oblivious of the hardships being suffered by former Globe customers that ported in to Smart”, for the inability of GCash to work properly, adding that Globe was also acting with "a hint of righteousness".
Facebook's dominance in the social media scene is highlighted by the number of users it can reach through its apps at approximately 3.5 billion as of Q2 2021.
The Philippines marked another milestone in its nascent space industry as Maya-3 and Maya-4, the country’s first university-built cube satellites (CubeSats), were released to space from the International Space Station (ISS) on October 6, 2021 at 5:20 in the afternoon.
Smart Communications has questioned the advisory sent by GOMO, a mobile service provider operated by Globe, that mobile number portability is not yet available for its subscribers despite the effectivity of the MNP law on Sept. 30.
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the city government of Baguio have inked a MOA for the design and management of National Government Data Center (NGDC) and Digital Transformation Center (DTC) – Innovation Hub.
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) said on Tuesday, Oct. 5, it has received reports of “smishing” where mobile users received unsolicited SMS messages allegedly due to the contact information they provided in Covid-19 contact tracing and health declaration forms.
