The World Economic Forum has launched a multi-year ?Future of the Internet Initiative? in an effort to help strengthen trust and expand concrete cooperation on Internet-related challenges and opportunities.
The local ICT industry is projected to be in a continued upswing in 2015. With the country's gross domestic product (GDP) predicted to grow at 6.3 percent in 2015, the ICT industry will continue to ride the growth momentum recorded over the recent years.
Tech leaders that digital tools, from farming to healthcare to education, have fundamentally transformed communities and raised living standards around the world, and greater network connectivity has the potential to improve livelihoods even further.
Epson recently launched the next generation of T-Series Technical Drawing printers for the engineering, architecture, and geographic information system (GIS) markets.
High-powered law firm Quisumbing Torres recently hosted a ?Social Media and Data Privacy Policy Making Workshop,? which was attended by legal advisers, marketers, and top executives of over 30 institutions from various industries.
Globe and Bayantel have jointly filed in 2013 with the NTC a petition asking to approve its debt-to-equity transaction which both firms entered into when the former acquired a sizable portion of the latter?s debt from its creditors.
PLDT and the Asia Pacific Internet Group will become partners in the new Philippines Internet Group (PHIG), which will concentrate on creating and developing online businesses in the Philippines.
Similar to the Foreign Trade Service Corps (FTSC) of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the science attach? will have the responsibility of promoting the science and technology interest of the Philippines abroad.
In line with an earlier forecast of analyst firm IDC, the IT industry in the Philippines is set to close the year of 2014 with a growth of 11.4 percent as compared to 2013.
With Pope Francis getting a warm reception on his arrival, mobile operators Smart Communications and Sun Cellular are sharing some tips and reminders to mobile subscribers so they can have a safe papal visit experience.
