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The government is set to announce a "provisional" third telco on November 7 barring any decision from the courts, according to Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) acting secretary Eliseo M. Rio Jr.

Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, a lawyer who has made a name for herself as a fierce advocate of ICT for countryside development, made a surprise announcement on Tuesday, October 16, that she is running as a mayoralty candidate in Bacolod City.

Almost three-fourths of non-cabled homes in Metro Manila are now watching television via digital terrestrial television (DTT), driven primarily by the robust sales of ABS-CBN TVplus that has already sold 6.1 million units as of October 10 since its launch in 2015.

"Road to 20 by 2020" is a multi-stakeholder campaign aimed to prepare financial institutions for their own digital disruption through the Digital Transformation Accelerator Program (DTAP).

The court, however, gave due course for Now Telecom's petition for preliminary injunction and set October 23 as a hearing date.

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) held a dialogue with local start-ups to encourage them to prioritize intellectual property protection.

Done via the GCash App, customers can transfer funds for free from their GCash wallet to participating banks -- BPI, BDO, MetroBank, and others -- as long as they have the account name, the account number of the receiver, and Internet connectivity.

As the Sino-US trade war rages, China is looking at the Philippines to be a ready source of electronic parts for the expanding Asian market.

IBPAP president and CEO Rey Untal says the BPO industry will fall short of its projected growth of 100,000 new workers due to some uncertainties and the Train law.

Simulation will not only build up the volume of the driverless experience but will also enrich its variety.