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DICT urges telcos to use common towers to boost PH Internet

DICT secretary Gregorio B. Honasan II said collocating with common towers will help telcos cut back on their expenses allocated in building up and maintaining their own towers.

NTC urged not to succumb to pressure from solons to close SkyCable

Buhay party-list Rep. Lito Atienza has warned the NTC not to cave in to the pressure by some lawmakers at the House of Representatives to shut down SkyCable, saying cable TV companies do not need to secure a legislative franchise in order to operate.

LGUs should have standard fees for common towers: solon

Bohol Rep. Kristine Alexie Tutor said there is a need for a faster execution of the common tower policy to improve the Internet speed in the country.

Angel’s Burger sues Facebook user for cyberlibel over ‘staged photo’

Angel's Burger filed the cyberlibel complaint against a Facebook user for what it claimed is a "staged photograph" of a burger with a coin in the patty. The post came with text comment that says, "Hayop ka Angel's Burger. Unang kagat may sukli agad."

National Broadband Program to get P13.4B under DICT’s 2021 budget

In comparison, the budget allocation of NBP for the current year 2020 is just P296.4 million, according to the DICT.

IBM: Hybrid cloud is solution for businesses in distress

At its first virtual AP Cloud Forum, tech giant IBM said businesses hit by the Covid-19 pandemic can still survive and even thrive in these difficult times by hopping onto a hybrid cloud environment.

Gov’t can disclose names of dead inmates, says NPC chief

Sen. Franklin Drilon also said the fact of death is not sensitive personal information protected by the Data Privacy Act and that a death certificate is in fact a public document required to be filed upon any person's death.

Covid-19 prompting firms to move to the cloud but challenges remain

Global organizations now see the need for the most flexible infrastructure they can find to ensure business continuity against any potential disruptions, Veritas said.

Piracy tops intellectual property violations during lockdown

Aside from illegal streaming and illegal reproduction of copyrighted content such as movies and anime, IPOPHL said there has been an increase in intellectual property violations for e-books with the rise of distance learning.

DICT allocating P7.7 billion for public Wi-Fi program

DICT secretary Gregorio B. Honasan II said that the budget will be utilized to reach the agency’s target to establish 23,100 lives sites by the end of 2021.

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