The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has endorsed the passage of new legislation that would classify broadband access as a ?basic service? so that telcos may be compelled to provide Internet connection speeds under pain of harsh administrative fines.
Rodolfo "Rudy" Salalima, who recently resigned as secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), did not "actually say there was corruption" during his farewell speech to employees of the agency.
Malacanang has reportedly designated an officer-in-charge (OIC) at the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) two weeks after the agency's secretary, Rodolfo "Rudy" Salalima, unexpectedly quit his post.
Furthermore, economics is a big factor why Filipinos are reluctant to pay for downloads compared to their wealthier counterparts in Southeast Asia and the rest of the world.
This issue will likely dominate and tackled in the country?s biggest BPO event ? the 9th International IT-BPM Summit ? which will be held on Nov. 7, 2017 in Makati City.
The proposed bill seeks the repeal or amendment of contentious provisions of Republic Act 10175 which cast a chilling effect over the exercise of free online expression.
Rodolfo “Rudy” Salalima, the first secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), tendered his resignation letter to Pres. Rodrigo Duterte two weeks ago, a reliable source told Newsbytes.PH.
Public and private companies that failed to beat the September 9 deadline for the registration of their data processing systems starting with the registration of their Data Protection Officer (DPO) could face compliance checks, the National Privacy Commission (NPC) warned.
