The Data Privacy Law, which was approved in August 2012 and hailed by the local ICT industry as a landmark legislation, has yet to take effect since the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) has yet to be drafted and issued by the government.
Ayala-owned Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc. (IMI), a provider of electronics manufacturing services (EMS) and power semiconductor assembly and test services, now ranks seventh in the list of top automotive EMS providers of New Venture Research based on 2014 EMS-related revenues. This is an improvement from the previous 8th ranking in 2013.
Wireless operator Smart Communications said it posted strong growth in mobile data usage among its subscribers in the first half of 2015, fueled initially by a free Internet promo and then sustained by new content and digital services.
The Board of Investment (BOI) is all set for the soft launch on Aug. 19 of the One Window Network (OWN), a cloud-based portal system that allow investors to lodge queries and concerns online.
The Philippine operations of outsourcing giant Accenture announced that it has increased its maternity leave benefit to 120 calendar days of paid leave, from the statutory requirement of 60 days for normal delivery.
Wading into the ICT space, Sen. Ferdinand "Bongbong" R. Marcos Jr. said faster Internet speeds and robust telecommunications systems should be a priority of the next administration.
Business process outsourcing (BPO) firms have stepped up their recruitment of Filipino nurses, following the US Supreme Court verdict upholding Obamacare, or the US Affordable Care Act.
Plans are afoot to enlarge the 24-hectare Cebu Information Technology (IT) Park, a bustling economic zone that hosts some of the world?s largest business process outsourcing (BPO) providers and the back offices of multinational corporations.
