The project is being implemented by the PHL-Microsat Program of the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman in cooperation with the Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI) of the DOST and the Kyushu Institute of Technology.
The partnership deal came after Rio criticized earlier this year the NGCP after it came up with a "open letter" to Pres. Rodrigo Duterte wherein it blamed the DICT for the delay in the rollout of the broadband project of the national government.
The ICT committee has issued a statement in response to the comment of Globe senior exec Gil Genio made in a story published by Newsbytes.PH on June 5.
Following the appointment of Eliseo M. Rio Jr. as acting secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Malacanang has promoted assistant secretary John Henry Naga as the agency's newest undersecretary.
Cellphone users can soon keep their numbers even when switching providers as the House of Representatives gets ready to tackle the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) bill in plenary.
The House of Representatives has approved on second reading House Bill 7402, which seeks to give employees in the private sector the option to work outside the office through telecommuting.
DICT acting secretary Eliseo M. Rio Jr. said the IT-BPO sector is moving towards artificial intelligence that would require ?very fast and very expensive Internet connectivity?.
Per type of good, cigarettes and cigarette production paraphernalia took the top spot in value, estimated to be worth P5 billion, followed by handbags and wallets at P137 million, then optical media at P103 million.
