Avoiding Overcharges For Mobile Internet Access
Triggered by subscribers’ complaints on alleged overbilling by their mobile internet providers, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) came out with Memorandum Order (MO) No. 01-02-2011 on the subject of Internet Access Through Mobile Phones. The memorandum order is ... read more
Registering Laptops To Fight Cybercrimes
Do you remember the plan of the Optical Media Board (OMB) to have the i-cafés register their hard disks with the agency to prevent the violation the the intellectual property rights of copyright owners? Now, it’s the turn ... read more
What A Busy Day For Advocacy!
I am referring to Tuesday last week, February 15, 2011, when I had to attend two (2) government-organized consultation meetings that concern the internet café industry in the country. The first was held in the morning at the ... read more
HB 3506: I-Cafés As Distance Education Centers
There is now a proposed measure in the House of Representatives aimed to require internet shops and cafés (i-cafés) to be used as distance education centers (DECs) to stream online secondary course instructions, lessons and course materials for ... read more
Getting Into Business After Retiring
Have you heard the notion that you cannot avoid going into business of your own? Whether you have spent or have decided to spend the best years of your life as an employee in government service or private ... read more
Junking The Broadband Cap
The day before yesterday, I attended the public hearing conducted by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) regarding the improvement of Internet services in the country. The issue is embodied in the draft NTC memorandum order (MO) entitled Minimum ... read more
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