The southern city of Davao is expecting its booming information technology-business process outsourcing (IT-BPO) industry to generate about 5,000 jobs this year.
The Business Processing Association of the Philippines announced on Friday, Jan. 25, it has appointed Jose Mari ?Jomari? Mercado as its new president and CEO, replacing Benedict Hernandez who was named chairman of its executive committee.
As phone calls and text messages failed to reach their destinations over the last few days, Globe Telecom put the blame squarely on its main rival for causing the network traffic.
After a steady decline, telecommunications firm Globe Telecom reported on Monday, Jan. 14, that voice calls appear to be making a comeback, noting that voice traffic surged almost double this Christmas season.
Ayala-owned IMI said it will be exhibiting manufacturing solutions, which includes those for the automotive market, at the Internepcon Japan trade show on January 16 to 18, 2013, in Tokyo, Japan.
In January last year, Canon announced that it was investing six billion yen to put up a plant at the First Philippine Industrial Park in Batangas. The facility, which will start operating in April 2013, will manufacture laser printers, accessories, and parts of Canon cameras and other products.
FRIENDLY RIVALS. Jose Mari Mercado of the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (right) and Ameet Nivsarkar of Nasscom seal the deal in the presence of Vice President Jejomar Binay at The Oberoi, Zakir Hussain Marg in New Delhi, India.
Bitter rivals Globe Telecom and Smart Communications again issued separate press statements over the weekend, each claiming the first LTE handset offering in the country.
NTT Communications Corporations announced on Thursday, May 24, that it has bought a 50.1% stake in Freedom Resources Holdings Corporation, the holding company of the DTSI Group.
