Time to go full steam! Following Vodafone’s interest in becoming the third telco player in the Philippines, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) released their final timeline for the New Major Player (NMP) selection. In the infographic above, DICT plans to start the bidding process by November 7, with the invitation to bid […]
When you need a small but powerful gaming machine ASUS has announced what they’re calling the thinnest gaming notebook in the form of the Zephyrus S GX531. The new gaming machine from their Republic Of Gamers brand sports a thickness of just 14.95mm at its thinnest point, while still having fairly powerful internals for the […]
Good news to all Prepaid users! No need to worry if your load will expire or not: Both Smart and Globe have complied with NTC’s latest memorandum extending the validity of all prepaid load for at least a year. While both telco companies have implemented NTC’s memorandum last January 6 for prepaid loads Php 300 […]
That third telco is a long ways off When the government announced that they were planning to tap the China Telecom as the third telco player, the public was excited about the prospect of finally having an alternative to the current duopoly of PLDT and Globe. To further underline the urgency of the need for […]
No third telco will be operational by the 1st quarter of 2018 It looks like President Duterte’s 1Q2018 deadline to have an operational third telco was too optimistic, as the Department of information and Communications Technology (DICT) will be pushing the deadline for bid submissions for interested parties to become the third telco player to […]
The government wants to know what you think If you’ve been passionately voicing your support for the incoming third telco (whoever that may be) and want your comments, inputs and insights heard by the government, then you are in luck. The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is now asking the public to email […]
But there has been no indications of problems so far The Duterte administration is hell bent in getting a third telco player in the Philippines, and has said that if China Telecom can’t work with the limitations of business ownership in the country, it’s open to inviting other players into the market. “If, for any […]
As we were going through the list of the top articles on Unbox, we couldn’t help but notice stories that were almost local tech historical milestones for the Philippines. We’ve compiled and organized them and put together this list of the top 10 tech issues and trends for PH tech for the year. Check them […]
Unbox Best of 2017 Most Read Posts of the Year! As we near the end of the year, let’s all take a look back at the top most read posts here at Unbox. It was pretty interesting to see which articles you guys checked out the most. It’s a mix of reviews, editorials, and Top […]
It’s record expenditure for the telco PLDT will be setting aside at least Php 50 billion for capital expenditure next year, which will be spent on improving its network amid the looming entry of a third telco in the country. “We will announce a historic high capex next year, north of P50 billion,” PLDT Chairman, […]
Finally, you don’t have to worry about that load disappearing You won’t ever have to worry about your prepaid credits suddenly disappearing from your account because it’s expired. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has recently signed a joint memorandum […]
Earlier this year we told you about the government’s order to block pornography websites. While the block was seemingly applied singularly by Smart at the beginning, home broadband plans operated by PLDT and Globe have conveniently forgot about it. https://twitter.com/Pornhub/status/915667919094341634 Well, until now anyway. It looks like PLDT has blocked Pornhub, one of the […]