As Filipino netizens increasingly fume over the country?s excruciatingly slow Internet connectivity speeds, one provider has quietly been offering an alternative faster than others in the industry.
A Philippine software house founded by tech guru Winston Damarillo has launched an end-to-end retail software solution designed for small and medium-sized companies in the country.
After the purported ?rejection? of its application by the government as a transport network company (TNC), app-based shuttle service firm U-Hop has announced that it is now offering chopper, private plane and yacht services.
Although the Philippine is still categorized as ?free,? the study said that ?little progress has been observed in terms of improving access to the Internet, limited by high subscription costs and service that barely reaches the population outside major cities.?
The service contract would mean that more lines for the Pag-IBIG contact center and that 150 agents would be on hand any time to answer members' inquiries.
In a memorandum to DOTC secretary Jun Abaya, the LTFRB said it cannot grant the TNC accreditation to U-Hop because the operators of the service will be plying on a ?fixed route? over a particular service area in Metro Manila.
Daughter Debra Gutierrez also chided Newsbytes.PH for running the story on her father?s incarceration, describing as ?despicable? the alleged wrong information contained in the report.
With more than 200 votes in favor and no one against it, the proposed law creating the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) hurdled on Friday, Oct. 9, the third and final reading in the House of Representatives.
Telecom firm PLDT disclosed it has initiated discussions with fierce rival Globe Telecom for an Internet Protocol (IP) peering arrangement to improve local Internet linkages and speed up broadband speed in the country.
