The DTI said the agreement opens doors for possible collaboration between the Philippines and China in undertaking joint case studies and capacity building programs to enhance the knowledge and skills of MSMEs and maximize the potentials of e-commerce.
The study also noted that the demand for IT-BPM-related onsite jobs remains low in rural areas and local talents had to move to another province to find jobs.
With traditional agricultural methods falling short, investing in new technologies is key to transforming the country’s livestock, poultry, and dairy (LPD) industries.
One of the authors of the SIM registration law said local telcos should consider adopting an incremental strategy on registering the tens of millions of SIMs instead of opening the doors wide open all at once.
Globe said it has logged over 1.5 million SIM registrations as of Dec. 28, while Smart Communications said it has received close to 400,000 successful applications. Dito Telecommunity, meanwhile, said subscribers who successfully register their SIM cards will receive 2GB bonus data.
Under the law, those who are required to register are all SIM subscribers, whether postpaid or prepaid, including embedded SIMs or eSIMs and other variations that are provisioned by any telco to provide text messages, calls, and/or data services.
The IT and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) recently reported that the total headcount of full-time employees in the local IT-BPM sector is now at 1.55 million with total revenue valued at $32 billion driven by industry-wide stabilization and reinvigorated support from the public sector.
Pursuing the country’s digital trade integration will positively impact its emerging digital services trade, according to a recent study published by state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS).
The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) has set the launch of the TALA hybrid rocket in 2023, the country’s first high-power hybrid rocket made from 3D-printed advanced composite materials.
Among the questions hurled on DICT secretary Ivan Uy at the committee level hearing was the appointment of Jose Vicente “Jovy” Salazar, the controversial former chair of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), as undersecretary of the DICT.
