Smart Communications' move to offer free mobile Internet access to its subscribers for five months up to end-February 2015 has boosted the growth in mobile Internet revenues in the first quarter of the year.
Healthcare management organization (HMO) Intellicare, recently subscribed to Google Apps for Work via leading local cloud firm IPC (IP Converge Data Services, a subsidiary of ePLDT, Inc.) with the goal of stepping up their overall client servicing.
The industry, which contributed 6.2% to the total gross domestic product (GDP) of the country last year, also played an important part in reducing unemployment in the Philippines. In September 2014, the IT-BPM industry reached an important landmark: direct employment generated by the industry surpassed one million.
Globe Business, the corporate ICT arm of Globe Telecom, has disclosed that local tech firms MDI and Novare Technologies, both led by IT entrepreneur Myla Villanueva, have signed up for the use of over 200 Google Apps licenses for its employees.
Lazada is owned by Rocket Internet, a German Internet company in which PLDT, the main rival of Globe, has a minority stake. In August last year, PLDT invested $445 million in Rocket Internet.
Industry leaders, business owners, and IT professionals gathered for discussions, workshops, and knowledge sharing on how to communicate in the digital sphere.
The rapid growth of the IT-BPO (information technology-business process outsourcing) industry and the remittance inflows from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will fuel the Philippine to become a $1-trillion economy by 2029.
Prizes include trips to Hong Kong or Boracay, tickets to the Katy Perry concert on May 7, or passes to the Pacquiao-Mayweather pay-per-view screenings on May 3 among others.
