Technology News From The Philippines
According to new research by analyst firm ABI Research, excluding Huawei from deployments will delay the 5G rollout by several years and burden network operators with additional costs of several billion dollars to replace existing infrastructure.
The market for traditional PCs grew 13.1% year over year for the full year 2020 with the catalysts being work from home, remote learning, and restored consumer demand.
Much of the growth continues to be driven by mature markets in which trade-in emulates a form of subsidy to push consumers to upgrade, according to research firm IDC.
The accelerated migration of 5G to lower-tier smartphones will have a knock-on effect on Average Selling Prices (ASPs) and the market’s overall profitability.
A study conducted by state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) showed that there are certain groups who “benefit more from [the] digital economy”.
According to a new report released by Accenture, a large majority (77%) of CEOs said they will fundamentally change how their companies interact with customers as a priority to drive business growth.
Blockchain is in a slump, with almost half its 2018 market value wiped out in 2020. But the silver lining in that downfall has been the resiliency of industrial applications, not least in the agri-food market, which has dominated blockchain success stories.
Ride hailing trips fell by 59% in the first of 2020, while new vehicle sales are expected to drop by 26% in 2020.
