The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) said it is providing additional satellite terminals for both voice and high-speed data to the World Health Organization (WHO) to support its humanitarian work in the Philippines for the Typhoon Yolanda crisis.
Following the outpouring of international aid for the Philippines in the wake of Super Typhoon Yolanda, the Aquino administration on Sunday, Nov. 17, announced the launch of the Foreign Aid Transparency Hub (FAiTH), a Web-based initiative that will allow the public to monitor the status of foreign assistance to the country.
The Department of Foreign Affairs said it has monitored 43 international donors that have pledged or have already sent assistance amounting to P5.4 billion or $126.8 million.
"Nowcasting" is an activity which the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) defines as ?the detailed description of the current weather along with forecasts obtained by extrapolation from the current time to six hours ahead. In this time range, it is possible to forecast small-scale features such as meso-cyclones, thunderstorms and tornadoes with reasonable accuracy.
"Nowcasting" is an activity which the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) defines as ?the detailed description of the current weather along with forecasts obtained by extrapolation from the current time to six hours ahead. In this time range, it is possible to forecast small-scale features such as meso-cyclones, thunderstorms and tornadoes with reasonable accuracy.
In a period when the country has undergone its mid-term elections in May 2013, the market has not undergone any slowdown in investments. Conversely, it has maximized its potential to be the hotbed for many unified communication and collaboration (UC&C) vendors, driven mainly by several factors behind the impressive growth rates of the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector.
The Intel Education Tablet will not be sold commercially and will only be available to schools, with Davao City getting the first crack on its deployment in the country. While it seems like any ordinary tablet, with only the attached stylus giving it a somewhat unique appearance, the real power of the device lies in its software tools.
The Philippines is on the cusp of becoming one of the world?s leading innovators in the tech industry, particularly in the areas of solutions in the areas of disaster preparedness, healthcare, and social services. But the country needs to produce more patents for new technologies every year.
For the first time since a controversy broke out regarding the legality of the program, Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III spoke out in defense of the Philippine-California Advanced Research Institutes or PCARI Project.
A law that penalizes the pilfering of cable TV and Internet connections is expected to take effect about two weeks from now as the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) issued on Oct. 16 the legislation?s implementing rules and regulations (IRR).
