Socmed services inaccessible for unregistered SIM cards despite extension

Tetch Torres-Tupas 04/25/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Social media services will be inaccessible for still unregistered SIM cards even if the government extended the registration period that was supposed to end on Wednesday, April 26. Department of Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin…

NTC to Sim card owners: Register ahead of April 26 deadline

Futch Anthony Inso 04/18/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu – Make sure to have your Sim cards registered ahead of the April 26 deadline set by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). Unregistered Sim cards would automatically be deactivated after April…

SIM registration roll-out in Moalboal, Cebu begins

Wenilyn Sabalo 01/25/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The one-day government-led facilitation of SIM registration at the Moalboal Municipal Hall in Moalboal town, southwestern Cebu began today, January 25, 2023. The Municipality of Moalboal is among those included in the Sim Registration roll-out…

RDC-7 backs resolution recommending retention of 2G cellphone services

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 06/24/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines –The Central Visayas Regional Development Council (RDC-7) has endorsed a resolution calling for the continuation of 2G cellular phone services and asking telecommunication service providers in the region to assess further the impact of…

Needed: A bureaucratic revolution

Peter Wallace - @inquirerdotnet 12/09/2021

“Government shall include providing a climate of minimum government regulations and procedures and specific undertakings in support of the private sector.” Don’t you just love it. Those words should be inscribed over the entry portal of every…

Cebu City, Tuburan bag trophies in Digital Governance Awards 2021

Morexette Marie B. Erram 11/03/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) awarded two local governments in Cebu for utilizing information technology in their daily operations. DICT announced the complete list of winners of the 2021 Digital…

LTO-7 offers free WiFi to clients

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/29/2021

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Visitors of the Malasakit Service Center of the Land Transportation Office in Central Visayas (LTO-7) can now avail of free WiFi use. “We are proud to say that we have the first LTO…

NTC urged to crack whip on telcos

Melvin Gascon 03/14/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) must compel telecommunications companies to speed up the construction of new cell towers to deal with the country’s growing needs for internet connectivity, which has been worsened by the…

NBI confirms cyberattack on national government portal

Daphne Galvez - Reporter / @DYGalvezINQ 03/11/2021

MANILA, Philippines — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Thursday confirmed a cyberattack on the national government’s main website but could not yet identify who was behind the attack. NBI Cyber Crime Division chief Victor Lorenzo said…

Internet speed in PH improving, says DICT

Miguel Camus 02/22/2021

The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said internet speeds in the Philippines had improved over last year, citing crowdsourced data from Ookla. For mobile internet speed, it said the Philippines ranked 86th globally in January…

Where our focus should be

Peter Wallace - @inquirerdotnet 10/22/2020

Last week I said there were three things we needed to do to recover from this crisis. They were the immediate actions government could undertake to hasten recovery. In the longer term, there are two areas the…

Philippines is top ‘digital riser’ in East Asia and the Pacific —report

09/17/2020

MANILA,Philippines — The Philippines has been named the top “digital riser” in East Asia and the Pacific by the European Center for Digital Competitiveness (ECDC). ECDC’s Digital Riser Report analyzes and ranks the changes in digital competitiveness…

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