In a lengthy post on Wednesday, Feb. 7, DICT officer-in-charge Eliseo Rio Jr. said PLDT chair Manny V. Pangilinan has agreed to forego the payment of the 3G frequency it acquired from Cure in 2011.
After a Facebook post by a Globe Telecom subscriber who was victimized by a load deduction scheme went viral, the mobile operator said it would enforce tighter rules against third-party value-added service (VAS) providers.
Laurence Cua, the first general manager of Uber Philippines, is "stepping" down from his position, a spokesperson from the ride-hailing firm confirmed.
Sen. Grace Poe said that it was difficult to separate Uson?s personal opinion from that of the PCOO, adding that her blog ?overlapped? with her official functions as assistant secretary.
Lawmakers from the Senate and the House of Representatives have criticized the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) for mismanaging the country?s radio frequency spectrum.
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) has ?caused? Globe Telecom to enforce more stringent subscriber verification protocols to better protect its customers following reports that one of its prepaid mobile customers fell victim to identity theft.
Its inventor, Paul Baniqued, is one of the 25 awardees of the 2018 batch of the Newton Agham Program, a joint undertaking between the United Kingdom and the Philippines.
