(Agence France Presse) — President Rodrigo Duterte has offered China Telecom a slot to be the country’s third telecom provider to break up the dominance of two local firms, his spokesman said on Tuesday. The offer was part of Duterte’s efforts to improve ties between China and the Philippines, taking into account political as well as economic considerations, Harry Roque told reporters. “It was brought up in bilateral negotiations between the Philippines and China. And […]
Tag: broadband
Slow as EDSA Traffic
Visualization from Akamai’s State of the Internet report on connectivity for Q3 2016. / www.akamai.com/stateoftheinternet by Mark Christofer Manalo The Internet of Things (or IoT) has been called the next Industrial Revolution. Although this sounds like typical tech hype, various papers and studies have been published that say, yes, the Internet of Things can change the way we work and live. The McKinsey Global Institute predicted back in 2015 that “the IoT has a […]





