Most studios are small and medium-scale enterprises and provide employment for 10,000 to 12,000 animators, including indirect workers and suppliers, who have been keeping the industry on the global map for years.
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) said ride-sharing firm Uber has confirmed with the agency that personal information of Filipinos were among those exposed during a data breach in October 2016.
Removing the telecom industry in the limitation for public services will harness competition and bring in more investments and technology that are certainly geared to improve the state of Internet services in the country, according to Sen. Joel Villanueva.
By increasing the number of incubators, there will be more entrepreneurs, more startups, more jobs, more businesses and, in the long run, have an impact on national economic development.
The NPC said Uber failed to provide vital information, especially on whether Filipino data are involved, citing limited information from their US office.
The agency has stressed the need for the government to facilitate faster and strategic roll-out of ICT infrastructure in order to create more economic opportunities and meet the growing demand for structures and services, particularly in underserved areas.
A reliable source told Newsbytes.PH that former DICT sec. Rodolfo Salalima repeatedly questioned a vague provision on ?suability? in the contract with Facebook.
Exasperated at the slow Internet in the Philippines, the government is taking matters into its own hands with the launch of a project called Luzon Bypass Infrastructure (LBI), marking the first time that the government will build and operate its own submarine cable landing stations.
