In its two-year journey, the Diwata-2 microsatellite has captured 32,256 images, including a wide-field camera image of Typhoon Ambo on May 12, 2020, two days before it made landfall in the country when it was still a tropical storm.
Government officials and private sector leaders said during an online forum on Wednesday, October 28, that shifting to digital payments will bring economic growth and create a more inclusive Philippines.
PLDT said its capacity likewise continued to expand, with the total number of fiber ports available for the use of new customers increasing to 3.81 million by end-September 2020.
This October, GOMO launched in the Philippines giving users an innovative new way to access the Internet, do more with their data, and enjoy exciting events.
In total, 353.6 million smartphones were shipped during 3Q20 and while the market declined, the results were stronger than IDC's previous forecast of a 9% year-over-year decline.
With most cinemas remaining closed due to the pandemic, ABS-CBN Films has announced it will now release newly produced local movies on digital, cable, and satellite TV.
With newly listed fiber broadband provider Converge ICT publicly declaring it will seek to deploy the country's most extensive fiber network, local telcos PLDT and Globe Telecom have disclosed significant investments to expand their own fiber infrastructure.