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Senator Grace Poe reminded the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on the commitments of Dito Telecommunity (formerly Mislatel), the country’s third mobile player, to improve internet speed and coverage in the country in the next five years. During plenary deliberations of the proposed 2020 DICT budget, Poe said Dito will face penalties if […]
Senator Sonny Angara is urging newly-appointed Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Gringo Honasan to fast-track the setting up of free internet access in the country’s state universities and colleges (SUC), a program which has been plagued by delays. Out of the country’s 112 SUCs, only 17 have been installed free Wi-Fi hotspots […]
Senator Win Gatchalian urged government agencies to immediately report to the National Privacy Commission (NPC) any unauthorized access to databases containing personal information that they have in custody. Gatchalian made the call after learning of the hacking of the Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (UNIFAST) database in March that exposed the personal […]
Senate administration bet and former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chairman Francis Tolentino called on the Department of Information and Communications Techonology (DICT) to give a detailed and comprehensive update on the rollout of free wifi internet access in public places nationwide, saying “public expectation is high and the government needs to meet the demand […]
Electric cooperatives (ECs) are urged to form partnerships with cable television service providers and telecommunication companies to advance the government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP), which aims to “significantly” improve the internet service in the country. Speaking at the NBP forum at the Grand Meng Seng Hotel in Davao City on February 15, Acting Secretary Eliseo […]
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) have joined forces to help startups in the country. The three departments signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU during the recent 2nd National Technology Business Incubator (TBI) Summit that the DOST-Philippine Council for […]
Senator Sonny Angara is looking forward to faster implementation of the government’s free WiFi project in state universities and colleges (SUCs) with the expected entry of the third major player in the telecommunications industry. Angara expressed hope the third telco would invest in telecoms infrastructure that would support the implementation of a law establishing free […]
Senators lauded their colleague, Senator Gringo Honasan, and wished him well after he accepted the offer of President Rodrigo Duterte to be Secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). Honasan said he decided to accept the President’s offer “for a better Philippines, a better government, for the Filipino people, and for a […]
Senator Sonny Angara is urging the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to fast-track the deployment of emergency communications systems in disaster-hit areas. This year, the DICT has received P192 million for the purchase of six Mobile Operations Vehicles for Emergency (MOVE) — a flagship component of the DICT’s emergency communications system to help […]
Senator Sonny Angara has called on the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to fast-track the implementation of the free Wi-Fi project in all state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the country. Based on the data from the DICT, as of July this year, only two of the 112 SUCs have been provided with […]