ICT

by Boo Chanco (The Philippine Star), 22 May 2020 The head of an association of cable television operators accused ABS-CBN of using five channels even if it only had one franchise. She thinks every channel needs a franchise.

By Javier J. Ismael, 17 May 2020, The Manila Times SEN. Sherwin Gatchalian has filed Senate Resolution 392, seeking a Senate inquiry on the implementation of Republic Act 10929 or the Free Internet Access in Public Places Act, which aims to determine the law’s implementation coverage and effectivity in educational institutions. Gatchalian said that, as…

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By JOVILAND RITA, GMA News, 5 Mar 2020 The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) will open over 10,000 free WiFi hotspots in the country before 2020 ends.

by ABS-CBN News, 1 Mar 2020 Dahil sa hirap ng buhay, nahinto sa pag-aaral si Bernardo Miralles noong siya’y 15 taong gulang. Pero desidido pa rin siyang magka-diploma, kaya kahit may asawa at anak na, ipinagpatuloy ni Miralles, 37, ang pag-aaral. Kasalukuyan siya ngayong Grade 12 student.

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by Ian Nicolas Cigaral with a report from The STAR/Louella Desiderio, 12 Nov 2019 MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines’ IT-BPM industry slashed its growth targets for the remainder of President Rodrigo Duterte’s term as the government’s plan to scale back tax incentives continues to fray the industry’s nerve.

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By JON VIKTOR D. CABUENAS, GMA News, 8 Oct 2019 The government on Tuesday simultaneously fired up 23 free Wi-Fi stations across the station, which it claimed could provide speeds of up to 30 megabits per second (mbps).

by Ian Nicolas Cigaral (Philstar.com), 3 Oct

By Lorenz S. Marasigan, Business Mirror 3 Oct 2019 WITH the Philippines undergoing some sort of baptism of fire under the Fourth Industrial Revolution (FIRE), job automation is expected to be a trend across different industries, a socially painful initiative that may displace 18.2 million employees.

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Bruce Rodriguez, ABS-CBN News, Jul 10, 2019 MANILA – The National Privacy Commission on Wednesday said it has seen a surge in complaints against online lending apps that are supposedly humiliating borrowers remiss in their payments by using their personal data.

by Johnny Wood, Jul 2, 2019 Which of today’s technologies will shape tomorrow’s world? A new report compiled by the World Economic Forum reveals some of the breakthrough innovations that are expected to radically impact the global social and economic order.

by Miguel Milano, Mar 12, 2019 Access to skilled workers is already a key factor that sets successful companies apart from failing ones. In an increasingly data-driven future – the European Commission believes there could be as many as 756,000 unfilled jobs in the European ICT sector by 2020 – this difference will become even…

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by Richmond Mercurio (The Philippine Star) – Nov 3, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — PLDT Inc. chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan has expressed support for the local information technology and business process outsourcing industry’s call to receive an P8-billion subsidy per year for the industry’s skills upgrade program.

by Mary Ann LL. Reyes (The Philippine Star), Oct 24, 2018 (Part Two) According to the Board of Investments, the information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) sector is one of the best-performing and employment-generating industry in the Philippines in recent years.

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by Patrizia Paola C. Marcelo, Businessworld, Apr 8, 2018 PHILIPPINE smartphone shipments declined by 7% to about 15 million units in 2017, the International Data Corp. (IDC) said.

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