The Philippines has more than enough talent and expertise to meet the demand of various technology start-ups, whose expected influx will turn the country into the next "Silicon Valley" of the world.
With a senator expressing his dismay on the delay of its issuance, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) formally released on Thursday, Aug. 13, its memorandum order on Internet speed and standards in the country.
Smartmatic won the public bidding for the 23,000 machines after offering a bid of P2.2 billion (P1.7 billion for lease; P500 million for option to purchase) and offered P7.862 billion (P6.286 billion for lease and P1.576 billion for option to purchase) for the 70,977 OMR machines.
Twelve agencies from the government have already submitted their "Agency Data Inventories" to the open data task force and are currently available to the public.
Sen. Paolo Benigno ?Bam? Aquino is demanding an explanation from the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) as to why the agency has not yet issued the memorandum circular on the quality of Internet standards.
Now in production, 3D XPoint technology is a major breakthrough in memory process technology and the first new memory category since the introduction of NAND flash in 1989.
Bagging the contract is a joint venture of Innove Communications and Yondu Solutions, both subsidiaries of Globe Telecom, which submitted a bid of P74,844,000. The 14 PoPs will serve as the backbone and distribution hubs for Internet connectivity for the 967 municipalities connected under the project.
Sen. Ralph G. Recto has issued a call asking the government to open a Facebook account for every government infrastructure project to allow the public to track its progress and monitor its implementation.
The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) recently warned the public against a new "modus operandi" in Metro Manila called the "sneaky office intruder".
Local companies will need faster Internet if they want to stay relevant to the Asean Economic Community (AEC) once it begins in December, according to a Swiss cabling firm.
