The “SIM Registration Act” is the first legislative measure that passed the approval of the bicameral panel of both the House of Representatives and the Senate in the 19th Congress.
The Philippines has officially started its re-election bid for a council seat in the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies (ICT), for the term 2023-2026.
Building customer trust and developing a technology-enabled supply chain is what e-commerce solutions provider Etaily, a new player in providing end-to-end omnichannel services to online enterprises, emphasized during the first iteration of its thought leadership series dedicated for the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry.
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said the 2023 budget cut of the NBI to P1.8 billion from 2022's actual budget of P2.3 billion has also lowered the agency's budget for its anti-cybercrime enforcement unit to P21.2 million or a slash of almost 20 percent compared to this year's P26.4 million.
The two countries agreed to collaborate in areas of digital connectivity, scam calls and short message services (SMS), personal data protection, emerging technologies, digital government, and cybersecurity among others.
Sen. Grace Poe said Senate Bill 1310 also included penalties for "spoofing," or the altering of the SIMs to make it appear that messages were sent by other registered users.
Sen. Jinggoy Estrada is seeking a Senate investigation into the Department of Education (DepEd)’s computer procurement program to determine if it has resorted to the practice of "splitting of contracts" to be able to grant multi-billion peso deals to only a few "favored" suppliers of the agency.
The US Agency for International Development's Better Access and Connectivity project (USAID-BEACON) held a webinar last Sept. 7 to discuss how the Indo-Pacific can improve its ICT infrastructure’s security, resilience, and disaster preparedness.
