The NICP said that by reducing or removing the current set of tax incentives for ICT-enabled industries, the provincial locations, which currently take advantage of national incentives under a centralized government structure, would be severely affected.
Sen. Ralph Recto said the bill does not only mandate the installation of free Internet access in public places and offices nationwide, it also requires Internet to be fast with a 2-Mbps speed.
Nine ICT firms from the Philippines made up the Philippine Pavilion in the 45,000-sqm exhibit space which attracted ICT stakeholders including representatives of telecommunications and technology firms, enterprises, regulators, authorities, analysts, and industry experts from around the world.
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said the NTC should be given fiscal autonomy and its commissioners, a fixed term of office to reinforce its independence and to allow it to break out from the influence and control of big industry players.
Philippine ambassador to Singapore Antonio A. Morales launched the country?s marketing pitch by revealing that the Philippine GDP grew by 6.8 percent in 2016, one of the fastest in Asia.
Surigao del Sur representative Johnny Pimentel has filed House Bill 4795, which seeks to reinforce the existing provisions of the Cybercrime Prevention Act and the Revised Penal Code against online harassment.
Digital payment firm PayMaya Philippines and the Lingkod Muntinlupa Foundation have teamed up to improve the disbursement of subsidies to citizens and scholars of the Muntinlupa Care Card program.
The Road Board, which is funding a major road mapping project that aims to update the country?s road network, said it expects the P250-million initiative to be completed before the current year is out.
The Operation Smile app was conceptualized by Smart Communications to help digitize and store medical information, monitor patients? treatment, and locate areas with high population of cleft patients to maximize efficiency of medical missions.
Dubbed as ?DPO2: The 2nd Data Protection Officers? Assembly,? the event will be held in cooperation with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Bankers Association of the Philippines (BAP).
