The Philippines is closer to the establishment of its own space agency with Senate Bill 1983 or the Philippine Space Act now hurdling second reading in the Senate.
Although there's a just a few days left before Congress takes a break for the May 13 elections, top officials of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) are optimistic that the bill creating a national space agency would still be approved by the legislature.
The current debate on the new major player?s franchise validity would not hinder the government?s plan to accelerate the build-up of more telecommunications infrastructure, the Department of Information and Communications (DICT) said on Wednesday, Jan. 30.
Local firm Transpacific Broadband Group International (TBGI) is eyeing to create a subsidiary that will build cell site towers to be offered to telcos for common use under lease.
The NBP is the flagship initiative of the government for the acceleration of the deployment of fiber-optic cables and wireless technologies to improve the Internet connection speed in the country.
The DICT said common tower providers and telecommunication firms need not worry about securing permits for telecommunication towers as the agency will take care of that concern.
The DICT said common tower providers and telecommunication firms need not worry about securing permits for telecommunication towers as the agency will take care of that concern.
Created by IBM in 2011 and first implemented in public schools in New York, the P-TECH program creates a direct path between high school, college, and career by linking the education sector with local companies.
With the adoption of a ?game-changing? labor policy through the passage of the Telecommuting Act, the government is urging telecommunication companies to level up their game to provide reliable Internet connection for workers.
