With the local economy flourishing despite the toxic political climate, Japanese telecom behemoth NTT Group is placing a huge bet on the Philippines as it announced recently its acquisition of a local tech group which will now become NTT Data Philippines.
Four years after its approval in 2012, the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) of the Data Privacy Act was finally promulgated by the National Privacy Commission (NPC) on Aug. 24, Wednesday.
The National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) has stressed the need for the Philippines to increase investments in science and technology and innovation (STI) to boost the development of the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
The Philippine Electronics and Telecommunications Federation, also known as PETEF, said in a resolution dated Aug. 9 that ?it strongly recommends? the disapproval of the sale of SMC assets, particularly the frequencies in the 700Mhz band and other frequency bands, and return it to the government through the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).
In a study of 26 geographically, economically, and politically diverse countries, the Brookings Report found the Philippines to have gained the highest improvement in overall score for digital and financial inclusion.
A Human Resource Information System (HRIS) first implemented in the province of Agusan del Sur will be adopted by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) for nationwide implementation.
The National ICT Confederation of the Philippines (NICP), composed of about 50 information and communications technology (ICT) councils all over the country, said it was able to obtain a commitment of support from Department of ICT secretary Rodolfo Salalima during a recent public hearing.
