Starlink struggles to match local broadband speeds in PH, Ookla says

Tyrone Jasper C. Piad 07/29/2024

As more Filipinos try Starlink, the satellite service still lags behind local broadband providers in download and upload speeds, according to a study by Ookla. Their latest Speedtest Intelligence report shows Starlink’s median download speed in the…

‘Number Mo, Identity Mo’: Globe spotlights online safety in creative call for SIM Registration

07/21/2023

As the July 25 deadline nears, Globe has launched a creative campaign that emphasizes the need for consumers to comply with the SIM Registration Act to protect themselves from the dangers that lurk online.  In the “Number…

SIM registration: High percentage so far, says DICT-7

Wenilyn Sabalo 07/20/2023

  CEBU CITY, Philippines – Five days before the deadline for SIM card registration, the Philippines has reached about 62-percent registration out of the total 168 million subscribed SIM cards. Engr. Royden Rusiana, Department of Information and…

Cebu Daily Newscast: Lineman dies of electrocution in Talisay City, Cebu

CDN Digital 06/20/2023

Listen to Cebu Daily Newscast and get the latest stories in and around Cebu. Here’s what you need to know on Tuesday, June 20. Lineman dies of electrocution in Talisay City, Cebu A telecommunications company lineman died…

Telcos in Central Visayas welcome 90-day extension of SIM card registration

Wenilyn Sabalo 04/25/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Local executives of two telecommunication companies in the country welcome the announcement from the national government of the 90-day extension for the sim registration deadline. The sim card registration was originally set on…

SIM registration deadline extended for 90 days

Wenilyn Sabalo 04/25/2023

The government on Tuesday, April 25, 2023,  extended the mandatory SIM registration for 90 days. This was announced by Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla during an inter-agency task force meeting on the oil spill in Mindoro. The…

Haven’t registered your SIM yet? DICT-7 can help

Wenilyn Sabalo 04/25/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Mobile users in Central Visayas who have yet to register their mobile numbers could avail of assistance from the SIM registration booth prepared by the Department of Information and Communications Technology in Central…

DICT: Only 36.79 percent of SIM cards registered as of April 7

Inquirer.net 04/10/2023

MANILA, Philippines— Only 36.79 percent or 62,170,268 of all subscriber identity module (SIM) cards sold have been registered as of April 7, 2023, three weeks before from the registration deadline, the Department of Information and Communications Technology…

Telco firms raise possible ‘birthing pains’ of SIM registration: Unfamiliarity, hesitancy

Daniza Fernandez 12/27/2022

MANILA, Philippines — Telecommunication (telco) firms raised on Monday the possible “birthing pains” of the subscriber identity module (SIM) registration. The SIM registration will begin on December 27. Globe Telecom’s Atty. Ariel Tubayan said that one of…

Telco to donate 200 posts to Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/28/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A telecommunications company will be donating 200 posts to Cebu City that should replace broken one caused by Typhoon Odette. Councilor Jerry Guardo, chairperson for infrastructure, told CDN Digital on February 26, 2022,…

Telco offers to replace broken poles and donate new ones to Cebu City

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/18/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A telecommunications company is offering to replace broken poles and donating the new poles to the Cebu City government, Councilor Jerry Guardo said. Guardo, the chairperson of the committee on infrastructure of the…

Cebu solon plans to file bill making it lawful for gov’t to take over telcos

Ador Vincent Mayol, Carla Gomez - @inquirerdotnet 08/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—A member of the House of Representatives from Cebu City said he planned to file a bill to make it legal for the government to take over the construction and operation of telecommunications facilities like…

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