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(Eagle News) – Malacanang is very much dismayed that the country’s internet speed remains slow despite the deadline given by President Rodrigo Duterte that it has lagged behind many of its ASEAN neighbors. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that despite some improvements, in terms of increased contruction permits for telephone companies, the Philippines is still behind many of the ASEAN countries, including Myanmar and Laos, as the government pushed telcos to do better. “Narinig […]
(Eagle News) — Mindanao Islamic Telephone Co. (Mislatel) consortium, the new player in the Philippine telecommunications industry, could soon operate in the country after it formally received its Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) from President Rodrigo Duterte. Duterte awarded on Monday, July 8, the certificate to Mislatel which vowed to improve the prevailing internet speed from 4.5 Mbps to 55 Mbps. The consortium will be renamed Dito Telecommunity Corporation, which is expected […]
(Eagle News) — Nakahandang gumastos ng P11 billion ang kumpanyang PLDT sa susunod na dalawang taon para pondohan ang modernization plan nito, kabilang ang fiber Internet na naglalayong mapabuti ang Internet speed sa bansa. Ilalaan ang nasabing budget sa pagro-roll-out ng million fiber ports sa buong bansa at pag-u-upgrade ng fiber optics cable mula sa Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) sa mahigit 1.3 million subscribers. Ayon kay Marco Borlongan, PLDT First Vice President at Head of […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (February 29) – Filipinos are using social media platforms 53 hours a week, which means a whole 11 hours more than the global average of 42 hours and that’s the reason why the Philippines was named as the “Social Media Capital of the World”. But what makes the title more amazing is the fact that, according to Ookla, the world’s leading Internet speed testing company that ranks and index the download speed of […]
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) will conduct a new speed testing starting October 9, Friday and will last until October 31, Saturday. This test is to monitor the actual Internet speed being offered by the country’s service providers and compare with their advertised velocities. (Eagle News Service)
(Eagle News) — According to Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda, the Malacañang is supporting the move of the Senate to investigate the slow internet connectivity of telecommunications companies in the country to find out if the consumers are actually getting what they paid for. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/8VumxQtgeCw
(MANILA) The Philippines’ E-Commerce Roadmap 2015-2020 aims to make the country’s Internet bandwidth faster and its tax system “friendlier” for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), an e-commerce advocate and expert told Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) participants here Thursday. During the APEC Public-Private Dialogue on Women and the Economy, held at the Philippine International Convention Center, Janette Toral of digitalfilipino.com, a website launched in 1999 that specializes in e-commerce, social media, and Internet marketing, highlighted […]
MANILA, Philippines, August 18 (Eagle News) — According to the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), telecommunications companies are now obliged to include in their advertisement the average speed of their internet speed through a current memorandum-circular. Studies show that the Philippines has the second-slowest internet speed in Asia and the 62nd most expensive internet charge. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
