Barely six months after formally assuming his post, Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) undersecretary Jorge Sarmiento has resigned from his post for still undisclosed reason.
The move is meant to address the persistent complaints from subscribers on slow Internet speed because of the lack of cellsites in the country. Compared to Vietnam which have 40,000 cell towers, the Philippines has on 7,000 cellsites.
Tarlac representative Victor Yap introduced an amendment to the bill mandating the required minimum Internet speed of 10 Mbps, saying it will be useless if connection will be slow.
Along with the broadband project, Pres. Duterte also signed an executive order creating a government portal which will serve as an online one-stop-shop for government transactions.
A bipartisan bill was reintroduced in the US Congress on Friday, Feb. 3, to make companies that move call centers overseas ineligible for grants or guaranteed loans from the government, a move aimed at curbing the transfer of jobs to nations like the Philippines.
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is intensifying its venture into space technology with the recent creation of a new program called Space Technology Development (STD) which has an allocated budget of P258 million.
DICT secretary Rodolfo Salalima said they have published a list of unused and unassigned frequencies to warn concerned entities that it will not tolerate the hoarding of mobile spectrums in the country.
In about five years, artificial intelligence (AI) could threaten one of the country?s biggest income generators ? the multi-billion business process outsourcing (BPO) industry.
DICT secretary Rodolfo Salalima said the ISDB-T platform will not only improve TV viewing experience through better picture quality and sound but would also facilitate the establishment of an Emergency Warning Broadcast System (EWBS).
