Internet Connection Outage
We lost our wired DSL connection to the Internet from the early morning of July 11 until the early afternoon of July 17, 2011. This is the first time we had a one-week Internet connection outage in the ... read more
The Return Of A Monopoly
My previous blog post discussed about how the virtual monopoly of the phone business in the country by the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) was dismantled and made competitive by the issuance of EO No. 109 that ... read more
The Phone Business: Then & Now
For several decades until late 1990s, it would take many months and even years before one could get a telephone line installed. At that time, those really in need of the service and can afford the price resort ... read more
Shifting To Unlimited Data Plans
Smartphone and tablet users are increasing in numbers and those with devices that can connect directly to mobile internet services (not WiFi capable only) do so by availing various schemes being offered by their service provider. ... read more
Reducing Interconnection Charges
In an effort to make the cellular phone services in the country become more affordable to many people, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) drafted separate memorandum circulars (MC) on access or interconnection charges for Short Messaging Service (SMS) ... read more
Downgrading ICT Governance
From being under the Office of the President (OP) and headed by a Chairman with a Cabinet rank , the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) will now be the Information and Communications Technology Office (ICTO) under ... read more
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