With 5G fast becoming the next battleground of local telcos, Smart Communications and Globe Telecom are now busy pitching the new wireless technology to consumers and businesses alike.
The inaugural Asean Online Sale Day (AOSD) is a one-day event where participating e-commerce businesses and platforms offer online discounts and promotions to consumers within the Asean region.
Mobile voice and mobile SMS revenues for the period ended lower year-on-year by 16% and 30%, respectively, as more customers shift to data-based services versus the traditional voice calls and text.
The Philippine office market has continued to grow “making it unique in the world,” according to real estate firm Leechiu Property Consultants (LPC) in a recent study on the performance of the office, residential, and tourism sectors in the first half of 2020.
The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has stressed the importance of using digital technologies to ensure price stability and support the agriculture value chain necessary to help build consumer confidence and gradual recovery of the domestic economy.
For the longest time, Globe said the telco industry’s bid to expand and put up needed broadband infrastructures have been slowed down -- if not totally prevented -- by permitting requirements imposed by LGUs as well as the opposition by hostile homeowners associations.
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has extended the validity of all existing telecom and broadcast permits, certificates and licenses until Dec. 31, 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
