Under Bayanihan 2, the P4 billion allocation aims to assist DepEd in putting up ICT and digital infrastructure, the implementation of digital education, and the use of alternative learning modalities, including the printing and delivery of self-learning modules.
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) will be staging on November 23-29 the 2020 National Science and Technology Week (NSTW) celebration in virtual mode for the first time.
Wireless broadband firm Now Telecom is slated to become country’s fourth telecom player after the National Telecommunications Commission issued last Sept. 14 the extension of its provisional authority (PA) to operate a mobile telecommunications system.
Close to 60,000 brands and sellers participating in the online sale, more than 28,000 of which were local MSMEs that were able to sell nearly 600,000 products during the one-day sale.
After getting flak for saying that the current Internet speed at 3 to 7Mbps is “not so bad”, Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) secretary Gregorio Honasan II acknowledged that the country should aim for a higher standard.
State think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) said both national and local governments should adopt smart solutions and invest in emerging technologies to deal with risks such as climate change, natural hazards, and the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sen. Joel Villanueva has lamented the decision of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to reject the request of NEDA to allocate P300 million for the Innovation Fund.
Analyst firm ABI Research said it believes that the pandemic will alert enterprises to the importance of disruption-proofing their businesses using 5G and forecasts an Asia Pacific 5G digital factory market worth over $60 billion by 2030.
ABS-CBN Films is stepping up its digital pivot with a series of online shows that have already racked up close to 30 million views as cinemas remained closed while the country is on quarantine due to the pandemic.
