Considered as the country?s first-ever ?Social Media President? for having fully utilized the power of social media during the elections, Duterte is expected to break tradition as he assumes the highest post in the land inside the Rizal Hall of Malaca?ang, instead of the usual bigger location at the Quirino Grandstand.
Mobile operator Globe Telecom is making a bold incursion to an area once reserved only for broadcast firms and theatre companies ? producing shows and original content.
The facility, which is located at Bonifacio Global City in Taguig City, is Affinion?s first contact center and shared services hub in the Philippines and in the Asia Pacific region.
The tie-up between PayMaya and Uber will allow more Filipinos to experience the ride-sharing service even without a credit card. The partnership is said to be the first-of-its-kind in Southeast Asia.
Just a week after sealing a P69.1-billion deal to acquire the telecom assets of San Miguel Corporation, fierce competitors Globe Telecom and PLDT collaborated again to establish a long-awaited bilateral IP peering arrangement.
In addition to expanding network capacities in major areas where there is commuter traffic, Globe will also provide free Wi-Fi services in all MRT Line 3 stations. This is expected to benefit about 350,000 who will have free Wi-Fi access for 30 minutes daily.
More opportunities for collaboration are opening up for banks and other financial institutions with financial technology or ?fintech? firms in the Philippines as way of driving their growth and addressing financial inclusion gaps nationwide.
The Computer Professionals? Union (CPU) said its suggestion is in line with the minimum speed proposed by the International Telecommunications Union, the world?s telecommunication standards body.
