Following the discussions, the SEA-H2X consortium is optimistic that the 5,000-kilometer submarine cable system will be online by 2024. SEA-H2X will connect Hong Kong SAR China, Hainan China, Philippines, Thailand, East Malaysia, and Singapore.
The payments business of banks are now “increasingly being eaten away” by smaller and more nimble players in the financial technology (fintech) space, representatives from financial software company Finastra shared in an interview with Newsbytes.PH.
Being the regulator of the securities market, the SEC said it is concerned about the reported “budget overruns,” as well as the selloff in PLDT shares before the publicly listed company could make the official disclosure.
Following the release of the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the SIM Registration Act, Globe and Smart Communications have announced that they will launch their online SIM registration platforms and start selling new SIMs in deactivated mode.
Singapore-headquartered Digital Edge has announced its new 10MW data center in Manila will be ready-for-service on March 1, 2023, marking the debut of company in the Philippine market.
The modernization of legacy networks was a crucial step during the pandemic when enterprises were still unfamiliar to the remote connectivity needs demanded by the work-from-home and hybrid work, Aruba regional category manager Tan Kwong Hui said in an exclusive interview with Newsbytes.PH at the flagship user-vendor conference of local ICT distributor VST ECS.
Eastern Communications has been ramping up its expansion efforts by participating in the Philippine Domestic Submarine Cable Network (PDSCN) project, the longest undersea fiber cable network in the Philippines in collaboration with Globe and InfiniVan Inc.
Exclusive insights show that while 44% of consumers currently prefer to receive money transfers through digital platforms, almost 70% want to be able to choose how they collect their funds in the future – be it in cash or digitally.
With its new headquarters, Optum will also be opening its doors to new recruits, with the Makati site launch kickstarting more branch expansions across the country.
