The MDRU or the Movable and Deployable Resource Unit is capable of providing telephony and Internet connectivity and can run on its own power supply or tap power generators or active power lines. It is a unit that can be quickly deployed to restore communications in communities in the aftermath of a disaster.
Sen. Sonny Angara has filed a bill seeking to create the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), saying the country needs at this point a dedicated agency that will ensure that innovations in ICT would benefit the Filipino people and contribute to nation-building and global competitiveness.
In a bid to accelerate the development of S&T-focused teachers across the nation, the Department of Science and Technology ? Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI), in partnership with six universities, trained 250 science and mathematics teacher trainers to prepare them for the implementation of the K-12 curriculum.
Salarium, a startup from the Philippines that offers payroll solutions for emerging markets, was declared the grand winner of the second edition of Seedstars World (SSW), a global startup competition for emerging markets and fast-growing startup scenes held in Geneva, Switzerland.
The House Committee on Information and Communications Technology has started the deliberations on a bill which seeks to provide free wireless Internet accessibility in government offices and other public places.
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said it is now laying the groundwork for the formulation of a ?2020 E-Commerce Roadmap? that will serve as the industry?s blueprint for growth.
Speaking at a recent event organized by state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) in Makati City, former WB lead economist Marito Garcia noted that the escalating cost of tertiary education can deprive poor people from getting high-quality education, and later on, quality high-paying jobs.
The local ICT industry is projected to be in a continued upswing in 2015. With the country's gross domestic product (GDP) predicted to grow at 6.3 percent in 2015, the ICT industry will continue to ride the growth momentum recorded over the recent years.
Similar to the Foreign Trade Service Corps (FTSC) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the science attach? will have the responsibility of promoting the science and technology interest of the Philippines abroad.
In line with an earlier forecast of analyst firm IDC, the IT industry in the Philippines is set to close the year of 2014 with a growth of 11.4 percent as compared to 2013.
