This is in line with what other companies have been doing in Europe With so many people at home and watching Netflix during the enhanced community lockdown, the overall bandwidth of telecom companies is under tremendous strain. To help alleviate this, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) is asking Netflix to work with them to help […]
Calls and texts should be cheaper according to NTC’s memorandum circular If you are those who prefer texting and calling over using Viber, WhatsApp, or Facebook Messenger, here’s some good news: the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has ruled out that voice call rates should be cut down to Php 0.50/minute, while text rates should be […]
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 […]
We earlier reported on the block of more popular porn websites a few days earlier. While a bunch of people said that they could no longer access their favorite porn site, a large swath of the population could still visit their porn website of choice. But it looks like the porn block will soon expand […]
Our hopes for a third telco was dashed when San Miguel Corporation threw in the towel and sold their telecommunication assets to both PLDT and Globe earlier this year. But like our dreams of Olympic gold, the desire for a third player to break the Smart-Globe duopoly just won’t die and the National Telecommunications Commission […]
Check out the random speed tests conducted by NTC Remember the random speed tests that the National Telecommunications Commission is conducting to test the speeds of internet providers all over the PH? They just did another big one recently and guess what – their tests reveal that not a single ISP hit the 100% of the […]
Let’s talk hypotheticals Yesterday we told you about India’s equivalent of the National Telecommunications Commission banning both free Facebook and the company’s free website access initiative, internet.org on grounds of net neutrality. Net neutrality, for those not in the know, is the principle that internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless […]
No signal? It may just be your provider The start Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference is only a few days away, and many people are expecting their mobile phone services to suffer as part of the security arrangements for the visiting heads of state in the PH. According to NTC, there is no order to […]
News5 caught up with the NTC yesterday as they did their initial Random Internet Speed Testing in various parts of Metro Manila. The first batch of results weren’t encouraging. “Halos lahat mabagal ang system.” -NTC Commissioner Delilah Deles Watch the full report below. Full results for the month of October is due to come out […]
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 […]
And to Think This was at the NTC HQ! The National Telecommunications Commission finally started doing speed tests to verify the speed claims of the various telcos for their DSL services. The first test that they did last Thursday was held at their main office and they checked if PLDT, Globe, Sky, and Bayantel would […]
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 […]