The government said the move of Netflix will help free up bandwidth that could be allocated towards other vital online services until telcos and Internet service providers (ISPs) can fully adapt to the demand for streaming services.
The government agencies said now is the worst possible time to fall victim to online fraudsters as they can steal sensitive data, cause financial, and reputational damages, and make devices unusable.
The DICT said on Wednesday, March 18, that it has proposed the adoption of telecommuting guidelines to the Civil Service Commission as government offices across the country embrace the alternative work arrangement as a way of preventing the spread of Covid-19.
The DICT said the servicemen and linemen fall under the travel exception as provided for under the Memorandum on Community Quarantine Over the Entire Luzon issued by the Office of the President.
In a memorandum dated March 12, 2020, the DICT ordered the NTC to monitor the compliance of all operating Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in providing ample bandwidth allocation, and availability of service and signal, based on their respective service level agreements.
After getting into an imbroglio, it appears all is well now at the DICT as the agency launched simultaneously 31 sites in five provinces under its free Wi-Fi program.
The government said the National Business One-Stop Shop (NBOSS) and the Central Business Portal that was developed by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) will improve the processing of business permits from 13 steps in 33 days to nine steps in seven days.
Dito committed speed of 27Mbps and the capability to cover at least 37,390,372 end-users in 7,425 barangays or over 37.03 percent of the population in the first year of their five-year roll-out.
The new designation is seen as an attempt to make DICT undersecretary Eliseo M. Rio stay in his post and to allow him to stamp his authority over Honasan’s “tres amigos” who have been running the show at the DICT.
In a joint statement with undersecretary Eliseo M. Rio Jr. on Friday, Feb. 7, DICT secretary Honasan denied that Rio mentioned any anomaly in the disbursement of the intelligence fund of the DICT.
