Commercials ISPs were earlier reluctant to participate in the ICT Office?s flagship initiative as this would compete with their own service offerings. Some were hesitant to set up infrastructure in far-flung areas.
Under the MOU signed on March 14, Landbank will provide the payment solution system for the OneSTore project through its ePayment Portal, which will provide a secure and convenient payment platform for seller-MSMEs located all over the country.
The appointment of Microsoft Philippines national technology officer Dondi Mapa and young lawyer-physician Ivy Patdu completes the cast of officials at the National Privacy Commission, which will now implement the Data Privacy Law.
IT outsourcing giant Accenture formally inaugurated on Friday, March 4, its latest site in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte, making Northern Luzon the location of its third delivery center.
NimbleStorage, which is headquartered in San Jose, California, said in a press briefing on Tuesday, March 1, that the company has been processing its business registration documents in the last three months and is now actively looking for a workplace.
Both houses of Congress passed their own version of the DICT bill last year, with minor differences. To avoid convening a bicameral conference, the Senate, before it adjourned for the campaign season last month, conveyed to the House its decision to accept the House version.
Following the launch this month of the country's first Philippine E-Commerce Roadmap (PECR), the government is initiating talks towards its implementation and supporting the establishment of the first local e-commerce club.
A mobile consumer survey of consulting firm Deloitte revealed that 73 percent of Filipinos still prefer to use SMS but 33 percent of those who use IM turn to Facebook messenger instead of pure over-the-top (OTT) IM services to communicate.
