Enterprise tech news and intelligence in the Philippines
Nokia has it has achieved the world’s fastest ever 5G speeds in its Over-the-Air (OTA) network in Dallas, Texas. Utilizing 800 MHz of commercial millimeter-wave 5G spectrum and Dual Connectivity…
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) is working closely with the Department of Health (DOH) to ensure that contact tracing efforts won’t violate any data privacy. In a statement, the NPC…
PLDT Home continues to make it easier for its subscribers to pay and save up on their bills by giving 20% or up to P100 cashback rebate when they settle…
Avaya Holdings Corp. (Avaya) announced recently it has appointed Sami Ammous to vice president for East Asia and the Pacific, with responsibility for providing business and technical consulting to C-suite…
A new update to the International Data Corp. (IDC) Worldwide Digital Transformation Spending Guide shows that spending on the digital transformation (DX) of business practices, products, and organizations will continue…
Technology giants Google and Apple are making their jointly developed Exposure Notifications System available through software updates. With these updates, public health agencies (PHAs) around the globe can begin to…
PLDT Global Corp. (PGC) collaborates with StaySafe.ph and Multisys Technologies Corp. (Multisys) to be able to provide access to overseas Filipinos on global health info and helplines on the COVID-19…
Holding on the promise of better connectivity, 5G technology is now seen to power up revenues amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The recent report by advisory firm ABI Research reveals by…
By Yeo Siang Tiong, General Manager for Southeast Asia at Kaspersky The new decade opened with the commercialization of 5G networks, further implementations of Artificial Intelligence, and the increased use…
Telcos are critical to retaining any semblance of normalcy in post-COVID-19 social and enterprise settings. They will not only be crucial in enabling nations to manage the transition out of…
Digital banking in the Asia Pacific (APAC) is set to be widely adopted with over three in five customers (63%) willing to make the switch to neobanksneobanks and challenger banks…
Samsung recently launched its online store in the Philippines offering discounts, promos, and freebies. The newest platform provides access to the latest Galaxy devices to help families stay connected, productive,…
The sudden shift in business operations arrangement caught some companies off guard. Orders of immediate lockdowns didn’t give companies enough time to prepare the infrastructure so they could have a…
Five new startups from Samsung Electronics’ (Samsung) C-Lab Inside in-house incubation program will receive support from the electronics and technology company. Samsung started C-Lab in 2012 with the aim of…
Manufacturers can look at robotics automation not only as an option but also as a fundamental tool in the post-COVID-19 age. Universal Robots, Denmark-based collaborative robots (cobots) technology, proposes maximizing…
In an online forum with different industries called #ONEwithYOU, PLDT Enterprise discussed the most practical solutions as a response to the effects of COVID-19 pandemic. As the virus is highly…
Smart Communications Inc. (Smart) is reopening its stores to serve customers in select areas under general community quarantine. To ensure the safety of customers and employees, everyone in the store…
As the community quarantine remains enforced in various parts of the country, Manulife Philippines (Manulife) has announced that it will extend its free insurance coverage to 25,000 active two-wheel riders…
MediaTek unveils the Dimensity 820 system-on-chip (SoC) which promises to deliver “ultra-fast” 5G speeds and is feature-packed with MediaTek’s latest multimedia, AI (artificial intelligence), and imaging innovations. Dimensity 820 packs…
On May 12, 2017, the largest ransomware epidemic in history, WannaCry, reached its peak. Three years later, this and other ransomware threats are still affecting people and companies. A recent…
Before COVID-19, the contactless transaction was just an option, today it is much preferred for safety and health reasons. Because of this, market advisory firm ABI Research sees that globally,…
Worldwide spending on telecommunications and pay-TV services will reach nearly $1.6 trillion in 2020, a decrease of 0.8% compared to 2019, according to the International Data Corp. (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual…
Kaspersky’s latest report titled “Defending digital privacy: taking personal protection to the next level” found that while 83% of users think and create their own passwords (that is not using…
Intel Corp.’s global investment organization Intel Capital poured fresh investments totaling to $132 million in 11 technology startups, which have been utilizing artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous computing, and chip design…
Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation’s (RCBC) mobile banking app has enabled more banking services to help clients manage their finances amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the lockdown, RCBC has seen a…
People are so used to self-diagnosing themselves using Google Search whenever they feel something is not right about their health. Life insurance company Pru Life UK has now added the…
Online investment platform eToro saw an increase of 427% in new users globally making their first deposit on the platform in the first four months of the year compared with…
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) is instructing public and private organizations to ensure the protection of personal data as they implement a work from home (WFH) setup with their employees,…
Dell Technologies (Dell) adapts to the new requirements of data storage and management with the unveiling of Dell EMC PowerStore, which promises to be “seven times faster, three times more…
In the first three months of 2020, Smart Communications’ (Smart) mobile data traffic grew to 636 petabytes (PB) — double the traffic from the same period last year, and a…
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