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After getting into an imbroglio, it appears all is well now at the DICT as the agency launched simultaneously 31 sites in five provinces under its free Wi-Fi program.

The gender gap in mobile Internet usage remains substantial, with over 300 million fewer women than men accessing the Internet from a mobile device in low- and middle-income countries.

To fight fake news on Covid-19 and Taal volcano status, Globe Telecom is offering free data access to the websites of the three government agencies.

eSIM smartphone growth continues its upward trajectory, and 2020 will prove another positive year as Samsung becomes the latest OEM to boost the eSIM market.

Australia-based engineering and design company Aurecon said the transition to visual format eliminates complex legal jargons and replace them with illustrations to better explain concepts.

The local team behind the Project Aedes developed a forecasting model of dengue cases using climate and digital data, and pinpointing possible hotspots from satellite data.

Concentrix said it is still on track on growing its headcount by 4,000 to 5,000 this year in multiple expansion sites across the country.

Currently, the transport sector is the biggest contributor to the country's total energy consumption at 35 percent, 88 percent of which is for road transport.

The study found the Philippine has the lowest female workforce participation in Southeast Asia at 46 percent.

Smart Padala by PayMaya, which is touted as the country’s largest mobile domestic remittance network, is intensifying its push to provide more digital financial services to the countryside as it launches its flagship stores that act as “digital hubs” across the country.