The investments came from manufacturers of high-technology products such as TDK Corp., which plans to invest P7.2 billion; Taiyo Yuden, P1.6 billion; Terumo Corp., P1 billion; and Almex Technologies, P1 billion.
Opensignal data shows that Asia Pacific users observe twice or even thrice as fast 4G download speeds and around 50% faster 5G download speeds when there are large amounts of spectrum bandwidth connected compared with low amounts.
At the sidelines of the 43rd Asean Summit in Jakarta on Tuesday, Sept. 5, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) secretary Fred Pascual revealed that two Indonesian technology companies -- PT Vaksindo Satwa Nusantara, and PT WIR Asia Tbk – will be investing heavily in the Philippines in the next few years.
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian made the call following a revelation made by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) that they have successfully registered with unnamed telecommunications operators' SIMs using the photograph of a smiling monkey.
GCash president and CEO Martha Sazon said at a recent media briefing that the fee is still “much lower” than the P25.00 that banks and other financial institutions usually charge for cash transfers.
The state-run bank facilitated 94.7 million transactions worth P1.9 trillion from January to June 2023, representing year-on-year jumps of 22% and 41% in volume and value, respectively.
Smart has completed proofs of concept (POC) for four power source types – Good Grid, Poor Grid, Bad Grid and Off-Grid – in two locations. The first one is an off-grid site in Palawan, where the installation successfully energized the tower the entire day. The second location is a commercial grid-powered site along STAR Tollway.
Converge SG, the international unit of fiber broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions, said it is now up and running and fully geared up to service enterprise customers outside the Philippines.
Murata Manufacturing, which was founded in Kyoto, Japan in 1944, is engaged in the research & development, production, and sales of ceramic-based electronics used in Apple iPhones and other devices.