Call center operator Concentrix has inaugurated a state-of-the-art facility -- said to be ?better the Google? ? at Tera Tower in Bridgetowne complex at the corner of C-5 Road and Ortigas Avenue in Quezon City.
This happened as their older compatriots were also busy giving glory to the Philippines at the International Math Olympiad (IMO), which was held also in Hong Kong during the same week.
The Philippines is stepping up efforts in carving a sizeable niche of the estimated $18.4-billion European games industry market as the country?s industry players are set to participate at the GamesCom 2016 in Cologne, Germany next month.
Giancarlo Bonsel, general manager of OLX Philippines, said in an interview that the campaign makes sure that the groups and resources that "people have are actually used in the most optimal way."
Saying radio frequencies should be given to entities that can best utilize it, Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) secretary Rodolfo A. Salalima said it is just proper that PLDT and Globe Telecom have acquired the highly coveted 700 MHz frequency from local conglomerate San Miguel Corp. (SMC).
IDC said the printer market did not achieve major gains from the election season possibly due to increased usage of multimedia platforms such as social media and TV ads instead of print materials.
Local telcos Globe Telecom and PLDT have signed an agreement with the government to support the creation of a new nationwide emergency hotline number, 911, to replace Patrol 117.
Gamaliel Cordoba was first appointed by Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2009 and was subsequently retained by Pres. Benigno ?Noynoy? Aquino III. In terms of length of service as NTC chief, he has already surpassed the record of the agency?s first commissioner, Ceferino C. Carreon, who held office from August 1979 to March 1986.
The launch event, held at the Shangri-la Hotel in The Fort, also served as an occasion for PLDT and Smart chairman Manny V. Pangilinan to admit that fierce rival Globe was once able to surpass Smart in 3G coverage.
The platform -- called Asean Solutions for Investments, Services and Trade (Asisst) -- will be "an internet-based facility for receiving, processing and responding to complaints submitted by Asean enterprises on operational problems related to the implementation of Asean agreements."
