A new report published by The Economist Intelligence Unit has found that progress in providing faster broadband access varies significantly across South East Asia, despite the economic opportunities being well acknowledged.
Globe Telecom announced on Wednesday night, Sept. 17, that it has signed a confirmation of award with tech giant Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade the telco?s wireless network infrastructure in Visayas and Mindanao from WiMax to LTE-TDD and LTE-FDD ultra-broadband access technologies.
In order to exercise its power to regulate the telecommunications industry and consequently speed up the ?slow and expensive? Internet connection in the country, the government is proposing to reclassify Internet broadband as a basic service rather than a mere value-added service.
In preparation for the visit of Pope Francis in January next year, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has launched a website that will contain all the information regarding the pope?s trip to the Philippines.
The collaboration, which aims to inculcate scientific innovation and robotics learning among the kids of Dagupan City and other areas of Pangasinan, was the result of the partnership that started when SEI celebrated the World Space Week in the city in 2011.
The agency announced the vacancies to further implement and complete the eGovernment Masterplan (eGMP) and the Medium Term ICT Harmonization Initiative (Mithi). Among the essential e-government projects to be implemented by the project managers are those under the Integrated Government Philippines (iGovPhil) project, which aims to interconnect government agencies and automate processes for faster and more efficient public service.
Sen. Paolo Benigno ?Bam? Aquino IV has cited the bravery of a netizen who took and posted a photo of several police officers in the act of robbing and abducting two employees of a businessman in broad daylight along Edsa.
The University of the Philippines in Manila developed a digital library of the country?s traditional practices on health and healing to prevent them from being patented by private companies.
The database, dubbed "eMPATHY" or e-Management Platform: Accountability and Transparency Hub for Yolanda, will be the central repository of information on all projects undertaken along the Yolanda corridor.
