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Government agencies have issued a call to parents to monitor their children’s use of the Internet as the so-called "Momo Challenge", an alleged suicide challenge targeting children and adolescents, became viral online.

NPC chair Raymund Liboro said the law gives data subjects control over their data which is a basic tenet under the Data Privacy Act.

The recently held MOU signing signified Udenna's intention to conduct joint studies to determine the feasibility of the consortium's use of NGCP's fiber optic facilities.

The DICT said it expects the Mislatel consortium to commence operations after the midterm elections, as both the House of Representatives and Senate still need to reconcile provisions of their respective versions of the resolution approving its franchise.

Local firm MGS Construction, the eighth company to express its intent to be one of the common tower providers in the country, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Monday, February 11.

The DICT signed on Thursday, February 7, an MOU with Aboitiz Infracapital to build common towers that may be leased to any telco.

DICT acting secretary Eliseo Rio Jr. earlier said that the mandatory unlocking of mobile phones will encourage telcos to be innovative on services they offer to consumers.

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.

Sen. Franklin Drilon said the country needs a stable franchise for the third major telco and the award "should be able to stand on solid ground" in order to provide stability in efforts to speed up Internet access in the country.