The former Senator has a lot of things to do Almost seven months after Senator Tito Sotto confirmed the changes in DICT, Gringo Honasan formally took his oath as the new head of the Department of Information and Communications Technology. The oath-taking took place at Malacanang Palace yesterday before the start of the July Cabinet […]
Whoa Are you a government employee and Mobile Legends player? We have good news for you – the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has officially announced that they are holding the first ever e-sports tournament led by the National Government. Dubbed Kalasag, the event is part of the DICT’s annual celebration of the […]
After the Senate called out Mindanao Islamic Telecom (Mislatel) for violating several provisions, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) issued a statement on the ongoing hearing of the third telco. In the statement, DICT said that they trust the Congress on deciding whether it will consider the validity of Mislatel’s franchise, in spite of […]
This gives greater flexibility to subscribers No need to worry about phones being locked to a certain network: recently, DICT issued an order requiring all phones to be unlocked after the telco provider’s lock-in period. In the Memorandum Order they have issued, subscribers “can demand to mandatorily unlock their phones and devices on convenient sites, […]
After going through the National Telecommunication Commisson’s (NTC) Selection Committee, MislaTel is declared as the provisional Third Telco Player. Tonight’s declaration stayed true to the Department of Information and Communication Technologies (DICT) that they will declare the Third Telco Player by November 7. BREAKING:NTC's Selection Committee declares Mislatel with Udenna Corp., Chelsea Holdings, and China […]
Honasan will need to give up his seat in the Senate The rumors might be true after all: Senator Tito Sotto confirmed in a DWIZ radio interview that Senator Gringo Honasan will be appointed as DICT head, replacing acting secretary Eliseo Rio Jr. “Yes, he was already told before [about the appointment]. But he didn’t […]
It’ll be a pilot run for the National Broadband Plan The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has announced that is ready to start testing the National Fiber Backbone in the final quarter of 2018. The backbone is part of the National Broadband plan of the DICT, and comes after the government agency managed […]
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 […]
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 […]
STAY AT HOME Community-based traffic and navigation app Waze has released projections on how bad the traffic will be in the next few days. According to historical data collected last year, Waze has determined that the worst time to be on the roads during the holidays is from 4 to 6 PM. And traffic, as […]
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 […]