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Senator Grace Poe said the Filipino people are looking forward to the government’s promised 200 megabits per second (Mbps) internet speed for state agencies and departments with the completion of Phase 1 of the much-touted National Broadband Plan (NBP). “We expect that by February 2022, we will actually feel the 200 Mpbs speed as committed […]
Senator Win Gatchalian urged more wholesale bandwidth providers to enter the provincial market to improve the speed of internet service for distance learning. Gatchalian made the call after telecommunications companies in the provinces revealed during a recent Public Services Committee hearing that they can only provide 2 megabits per second (Mbps) up to 20 Mbps […]
As the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic forces many countries to rethink their business models and adapt to the digital economy, Senator Win Gatchalian sees the urgency of passing into law key economic reforms that will attract more Information and Communication Technology (ICT) investments. Gatchalian stressed the need for affordable, reliable and widely available internet services […]
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 […]