President Rodrigo Duterte has directed the Department of Communications and Technology to develop a National Broadband Plan to accelerate the deployment of fiber optic cables during his first State Of The Nation address today. Duterte: Newly-created DICT to develop a National Broadband Plan to accelerate the deployment of fiber optic cables. — Official Gazette PH […]
In the latest bid to improve the country’s telecommunications, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has called for a review of all issued radio frequency spectrum licenses and has mandated to streamline the application process involved in acquiring these permits. The earlier acquisition of San Miguel Corporation’s telco assets by PLDT and Globe […]
It looks like San Miguel has decided to finally cash in their chips in the telco game. Despite multiple pronouncements that they would enter the highly competitive telecommunications industry as a strong third player, San Miguel has instead decided to sell all of their telco assets, including the highly coveted 700MHZ spectrum, to the PLDT […]
Will we finally be getting fast internet? Days after incoming President Rodrigo Duterte said that he’s planning to deal a blow to cartels in both energy and telecommunications because of bad service, both Globe and PLDT have pledged to support his drive for faster internet in the PH. “We support the call for faster internet. […]
It’s not over yet While San Miguel Corp’s long-awaited partnership with Australian Telco Telstra is now well and truly dead, there’s another foreign player that might be interested in partnering up with the conglomerate to introduce a third telco in the PH. Norway-based multinational telecommunications provider Telenor Group is apparently interested in teaming up with […]
Is the state of the country’s slow internet a national issue? Davao Mayor and Presidential hopeful Rodrigo Duterte has turned his attention to the sorry state of our country’s slow internet, and intends to fully confront the telcos on the matter. “Wala akong panahong makipagdaldalan. I’d talk to the telecommunications people and ask, ‘Ano bang […]
What big news should we watch out for this year? 2016 is going to be a big year for tech. Not just for gadgets, mind you, but for a lot of other things – so we came up with five news stories that you should watch out for this year. Will Globe and PLDT Wrestle […]
Good job NTC! So a few days ago the National Telecommunications Comission started conducting speed tests to verify the claims of various telcos for DSL services in the country, a test that Bayantel failed miserably. That’s only the tip of the iceberg as it was just a preliminary test – the NTC is planning an […]
Apart from both Smart and Globe formally announcing that they’re ditching Unlimited data plans in favor of volume based data buckets during the Senate Hearing on slow PH Internet, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) also shared that they will be doing regular speed tests using their own tools to verify the speed claims of both […]
Sun Cellular Launches Facebook Data Button Sun Cellular is really stepping up their game. After declaring war on Globe Telecom with their new campaign on postpaid, they’re now launching a new product that gives their subscribers Free Facebook access via the new Facebook Data Button. To access this new feature all you have to do […]
The company posts double-digit growth in the past few months Sun announced at an event today that they have managed to outpace local rival Globe in postpaid subscriber growth, posting double digit growth compared to Globe Telecom in 2014 and the firs quarter of 2015. Sun claims that they’ve managed to post 16% growth compared […]
People aren’t happy with the new data caps of Globe We previously reported that Globe has officially moved away from daily data caps to monthly data caps on their Tattoo Home DSL plans and a lot of people ain’t happy with the change. A new petition on Change.org is demanding that Globe remove the new […]