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Under the bill, telcos and ISPs must “on a pro-rated basis, provide a refund credit to a customer, or adjust a customer’s bill, who has experienced a service outage or disruption for an aggregate period of 24 hours or more within a month.”

The government and MultiSys signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on Monday, March 29, that will give the DILG complete responsibility and controllership over StaySafe.PH and all sensitive personal data that are collected with the use of the application.

The Steering Committee will provide strategic guidance and oversight in the formulation, implementation, and development of the Philippine Startup Development Program.

The Telecom Tower Watch initiative aims to accelerate the development of the country’s digital infrastructure by establishing a regular venue for close monitoring and troubleshooting of delays in the building of cell towers and related projects.

At the same time, 79 additional Free Wi-Fi hotspots were also launched in Surigao del Norte last March 09.

The appointment of Ali Atienza and promotion of Emmanuel “Manny” Caintic brings to six the number of undersecretaries at the DICT, although Republic Act No. 10844 or the law that created the DICT, provides for only three undersecretaries.

Based on Dito’s commitment, their services as the new major player in the telco industry can be expected to be available nationwide by mid-2021.

Common tower operator ISOC edotco Towers Inc. announced on Monday, Feb. 22, that it has completed its first build-to-suit site in Cavite which it put up for Globe Telecom.

The Philippine government said it is closely monitoring the performance of local telcos as the country moved up to the 86th spot in the global mobile Internet speed rankings in January 2021 based on an Ookla report.

The Department of Justice has recommended for the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to penalize ISPs for failing to fulfill their duties under Republic Act No. 9775 or the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009.