MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte urged telecommunication companies to report to his Cabinet members those involved in delaying the processing of permits for building cell sites / towers. “Alam mo ‘you can ask [Senator] Bong [Go],…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City government is working on a joint-venture agreement (JVA) with a private company that would build underground electrical connections for telecommunication. Councilor Jerry Guardo, council’s chairperson for the committee on infrastructure,…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor Jerry Guardo, the chairperson of the City Council’s committee on infrastructure, is pushing for the regulation of the height of electric and telecommunication wires attached on electrical posts. Guardo said…
EASTERN TELECOMMUNICATIONS Telecommunications company, Eastern Communications, is expanding its reach in Cebu with stronger connection and a line-up of connectivity and cybersecurity solutions in a bid to address the growing needs of the business process outsourcing (BPO)…
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has approved the franchise of the Villar-owned Streamtech Systems Technologies Inc. to provide nationwide telecommunications services. The President signed Republic Act No. 11089 on Oct. 18, 2018, allowing Streamtech “to construct, install, establish, operate…
TOGETHER with the expansion of the business process outsourcing (BPO) and manufacturing sectors in Cebu, the need for support infrastructure also grows. Eastern Communications, one of the country’s leading telecommunications firms, sees this opportunity as they are…
THE Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Thursday shut the door to further delays in the third telco selection process, saying that a new contender to the PLDT Inc. and Globe Telecom duopoly will be…
PLDT opens 2nd Vitro Data Center in Cebu; P1B facility can support more local businesses With the growing need for businesses to expand into the digital landscape, protecting their data and systems also becomes an imperative. It…
At least four local firms in consortium with foreign telecommunications companies have expressed interest to bid as a new and third telco player in the country, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)said. Although he refused…
GLOBE EXPANSION continues Telecommunications provider Globe is poised to continue spending for network improvement projects all over the country next year, with Cebu getting a substantial share of its capital expenditure. Ernest Cu, Globe president and chief…
Telco included in Fortune magazine’s ‘Change the World’ list When engineer Angelique Caritan was still a college student in Mindanao, she underwent a technology training conducted for free by engineers of mobile leader Smart Communications. The training…
How women can survive, grow in male-dominated industries Walk past the road blocks and don’t let it stop you.” Gina Nomellini, chief finance officer of GTT, gave this advice to women who would want to grow in…
