The call to action at a regional conference calls for stronger cooperation between the energy and ICT sectors and emphasizes the value of international technical standards in ensuring that smart-city solutions see the benefits of economies of scale and interoperability.
A new report from the United Nations has put the Philippines at 57th place among 160 countries surveyed in the area of household broadband penetration with just about 23 out of 100 homes having access to broadband Internet.
A new report published by The Economist Intelligence Unit has found that progress in providing faster broadband access varies significantly across South East Asia, despite the economic opportunities being well acknowledged.
In order to exercise its power to regulate the telecommunications industry and consequently speed up the ?slow and expensive? Internet connection in the country, the government is proposing to reclassify Internet broadband as a basic service rather than a mere value-added service.
The agency announced the vacancies to further implement and complete the eGovernment Masterplan (eGMP) and the Medium Term ICT Harmonization Initiative (Mithi). Among the essential e-government projects to be implemented by the project managers are those under the Integrated Government Philippines (iGovPhil) project, which aims to interconnect government agencies and automate processes for faster and more efficient public service.
The University of the Philippines in Manila developed a digital library of the country?s traditional practices on health and healing to prevent them from being patented by private companies.
Being locally hosted affords clients minimal latency and that local attack traffic is mitigated in-country, addressing data sovereignty concerns. Customers are guaranteed less or zero work distractions since they won?t notice that they are being protected as the solution works quietly in the background.
