That’s a very short time frame President Rodrigo Duterte wants a third player in the market as soon as possible, and has reportedly ordered both the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to make sure that the third telco player would be up and about by the first […]
It makes the government a virtual third telco Looks like we’re getting a third telco after all, and no, it’s not some international telco. The government, in the form of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) and the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). The two government agencies has signed an agreement with Facebook […]
Both telcos were slow to react One of the main reasons why mobile internet is so slow in the country is the lack of cell towers, especially in the metro. There’s more or less 20,000 cell towers spread out in the Philippines to serve millions and millions of people. Cell towers in our country are […]
Everything is on the up and up, according to the CA The Court Of Appeals have given its stamp of approval on the acquisition of both PLDT and Globe Telecom of San Miguel’s Corporation’s telco assets in the Php 70-billion deal last year, including the company’s highly lucrative 700MHz spectrum. It has also instructed that […]
2011 and 2017 are different times Google’s $1.1 billion purchase of the HTC Pixel team – the same team that worked on the search giant’s Pixel devices last year – sparked a sense of déjà vu for most people in the tech industry. Back in 2011 then CEO Larry Page announced the $12.5 billion buyout […]
All is good for the telecommunications giant. For telecommunications magnate PLDT, it is mostly good news as they presented their 1st half 2017 report on August 10. The company’s Consolidated Core Income amounted to Php 17.4 billion for the first half of 2017. While it is 2% lower than last year’s figures, it is 72% […]
House Bill 5337 makes internet access a basic telecommunications function There’s been plenty of suggestions on how to fix our perennial problem with slow internet, but for Deputy Minority Leader Rep. Luis Campos Jr., the solution is simple: re-classify the definition of internet access to a basic telecommunications function to allow the National Telecommunications Commission […]
Here’s 5 Things You Need To Know About The Free WiFi Project The Department of Information and Communications Technology and the National Telecommunications Commission along with its telco partners Globe and PLDT, is launching free their Free, High-speed WiFi Project on EDSA today, June 12, Independence Day. The project will give an estimated 500,000 daily […]
Don’t have good mobile internet or fiber connections to your home? This is the reason Globe has recently released an open letter to several of their customers residing in primarily exclusive villages in the metro today, explaining the need for easier, more open access to their areas to provide better service. In the letter, Globe […]
An interesting perspective from a telco industry bigwig; read first before venting out your views, folks! The Philippines is better off with only two, profitable, major telecommunications companies, said a telco industry executive. Sean Gowran, president and country manager of telco network operator Ericsson Philippines weighed in on the issue, noting that while additional telco players […]
What will it take to fix this mess? Everybody knows that the internet in the Philippines sucks. It’s an oft repeated adage that our internet is slow, expensive and ridiculously unreliable. While I’m one of the few people that enjoy relatively fast, first world internet at home, the minute I step out of the door, all […]
News of the Villar conglomerate’s plans to enter the country’s ISP scene isn’t new. Early last February, major publications reported the family’s groundwork in the House of Representatives, as Manuel Paolo Villar, son of the businessman and ex-senator Manuel “Manny” Villar Jr., filed for a congressional franchise to “to construct, install, establish, operate and maintain […]