DICT

Common tower firm ISOC edotco said it has completed its first build-to-suit site last September 2020 in Bacoor, Cavite and is expected to be ready for active installation by end December 2020.

The DICT expects the government to save P720 million in Internet subscription expenses in the first year of implementation of the NBP or up to P34 billion in the next five years.

Sen. Panfilo Lacson has questioned the move of the bicameral conference committee of Congress to give a "useless" increase of less than P1 billion in the 2021 budget of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).

Local telcos Globe Telecom and Smart Communications have released an update on their infrastructure rollout, a few months after the government reduced the number of days and requirements for building cellular sites.

The initiative is in line with the first phase of the National Broadband Program (NBP) which will link established provincial broadband networks to the national fiber backbone.

The Tech4ED center in Itbayat, Batanes is the first community ICT hub established in the northernmost municipality of the country.

Under the 2021 General Appropriations Bill, the DICT was allocated only P902 million for the broadband project.

Free Internet connectivity and access is now available at the Relief Operations Center of Cagayan through the DICT’s Free Wi-Fi for All Program.

The Philippine Startup Week is back for a second run on November 23-27 and will now be held fully online.

The local telcos were ordered to provide the NTC every six hours with updates on restoration activities of their respective networks and facilities, as well as a timeline for the full restoration of services.