Senate earmarks P5.9-B for national broadband in 2021
The Senate allotted a P5.9 billion budget for telecommunications infrastructure and national broadband projects in 2021. “I am happy to announce that with the help of my fellow senators, we …
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Non-expiry of unused internet data sought
Senator Lito Lapiz filed a bill seeking the non-expiry of unused internet data until the end of the year. Lapiz file Senate Bill No. 1880 entitled “AN ACT MANDATING AND …
Honasan: Internet in the Philippines ‘not that bad’
Secretary Gringo Honasan of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said the speed of internet speed in the Philippines is “is not that bad.” Honasan said during a …
PLDT-Smart to build around 200 cell sites
PLDT Inc. and its wireless unit Smart Communications bared plans to build 200 cell sites with six shared telecommunications tower firms to provide better connectivity in the Philippines. “We recognize …
Damaged undersea cable sends Philippine internet from bad to worse
The already woeful internet speeds in the Philippines have hit new depths after an undersea cable link to Hong Kong was damaged. In Facebook posts on the pages of both …
Duterte blames bureaucratic inaction for poor Philippines internet
President Duterte has said that inaction by government bureaucrats is preventing foreign internet service providers from operating in the Philippines. He made the claim during an interview on state-run PTV-4 …
Philippines has slowest internet in region as government promises action
It’s official — the Philippines had the slowest internet in the Asia Pacific region over the last three months of 2016. According to Akamai’s fourth quarter State of the Internet …
Telecoms watchdog gives PLDT and Globe one year to boost internet speed
The Philippine telecoms regulator has given the country’s two main operators a year to boost chronically slow internet speeds or it will revoke approval to take over prized spectrum agreed …
Microsoft opens wallet to extend internet in remote areas
Microsoft has joined other tech giants working to deliver the Internet in remote parts of the world, although it’s taking a smaller-scale approach than some of its rivals. Google and …
Davao City council approves free city-wide wifi
Davao City Council has approved a second reading on a request to authorise Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to enter into an agreement to bring free Wifi to the city. The Free …
Philippine internet among worst, and most expensive, in the world
The Philippines has the second slowest download speed among 22 Asian countries, according to a study on Internet speeds released in May 2015. In its household download index, Internet metrics …