Team Pentagon from Cavite State University was recently awarded the ultimate winner in the first #PLDT88 Hackathon Challenge for an solution called "PLDT TechGo" that enables a PLDT subscriber in need of technical support to contact the nearest technician around the area.
Plans are being finalized, including a review of the regulatory requirements and institutional arrangements, to hasten the entry of new competitors to invest in the Philippines in the ICT and energy sectors.
The PLDT-owned unit said the average download speeds of its 3G service increased nearly six times to 6 Mbps, while LTE speeds increased more than four times to over 17 Mbps.
Pawnshop operator Cebuana Lhuillier has entered into a partnership with Globe Telecom to expand the coverage of the G-Cash mobile money platform operated by Globe?s fintech subsidiary Mynt.
US-based tech firm Akamai Technologies has introduced in the Philippines ? a country long vilified for its supposedly slow mobile Internet ? a new product that it claimed can dramatically speed up the load-up time of websites.
Pres. Rodrigo R. Duterte has added three new assistant secretaries to the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) after appointing three undersecretaries earlier.
After the initial success of its micro-satellite program, the Philippine government will invest substantially in space technology development in the next 10 years, Department of Science and Technology (DOST) Secretary Fortunato Dela Pena said on Thursday, Nov. 17.
Sen. Bam Aquino earlier proposed that telcos be required to remove or clarify terms such as ?unlimited? or ?up to? with regard to the speed and amount of data offered in their broadband advertisements.
