Business IT

If provided the needed support and exposure, Sen. Bam Aquino believes the local game development industry could duplicate, if not surpass, the success of the country's business process outsourcing (BPO) industry in terms of job generation.

The PIoEC board will be responsible in formulating policy decisions and operational oversight for the consortium.

Globe is reducing its international call rates to $1 per month from the original price of $25 for the whole of October.

The expansion of the free service comes a week after Smart and Sun Cellular surprised the industry with its groundbreaking offer of free mobile Internet prepaid mobile subscribers.

The offering was over-subscribed well in excess of ten times at the top end of the price range.

The most common complaint involves Pasaload, a service that allows subscribers to transfer load credits to others.

Globe, a development partner for Aklan, committed to put up at least 40 school buildings in the province

Globe agrees with Smart that more people on the Internet is good.

Indian-owned BPO firm Aegis, which entered the Philippines through its acquisition of PeopleSupport, has issued its official statement on a controversial video which promotes Malaysia as an outsourcing destination at the expense of the Philippines.

In anticipation of the rise in scams with Christmas just around the corner, Smart Communications said it is fortifying its efforts to protect its subscribers through a customer education campaign and additional security features for its mobile load services.