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MRT-3 to initially launch own contact tracing app on Jan 18

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 13 02:08 PM

The MRT-3 will initially launch its own contact tracing app called "MRT-3 Trace" on Jan. 18, the Department of Transport (DOTr) said Wednesday. Read more »

GCash secures $175-million funding from New York-based investors

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 03:28 PM

Mobile wallet GCash secured a $175-million investment from New York-based investors led by Bow Wave Capital Management, parent company Globe Fintech Innovations (Mynt) said Friday. Read more »

DITO says ready for technical audit, to roll out services in March

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 04:59 PM

DITO Telecommunity, which won the bid to be the country's third major telco, on Thursday said it is ready for its technical audit, and can roll out services in March this year.  Read more »

GCash says customer base hit 33 million last year from just 20 million in 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 05 03:49 PM

Mobile wallet and payments firm GCash on Tuesday said it exceeded its 2020 business targets, including hitting its P1 trillion transactions last year.  Read more »

China telecom firms slide after New York delisting as oil giants fret

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 04 12:22 PM

Shares in China's big three state-owned telecom companies slid in Hong Kong Monday during the first day of trading since the New York Stock Exchange announced it was delisting the firms.   Read more »

Beijing protests over move to delist Chinese telecoms firms from New York Stock Exchange

Catherine Wong, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 03 08:23 AM

China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom Hong Kong will be removed from the NYSE to comply with an executive order from Donald Trump. The Commerce ministry in Beijing says US is abusing national security concerns and vows to safeguard the firms’ interests. Read more »

Dating apps don't destroy love, Swiss study shows

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 31 05:10 AM

GENEVA - Contrary to warnings that dating apps are encouraging superficial and short-lived flings over true romance, a Swiss study showed Wednesday that app users were more likely to be seeking long-term relationships. Read more »

Sanggol isinilang sa loob ng police mobile car sa Biliran

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 30 11:18 PM

Ligtas na nagsilang ang isang 28-anyos na ina sa loob ng isang police mobile car sa Brgy. Ungale sa bayan ng Kawayan, Biliran Martes ng hapon. Read more »

PH teams all set for Mobile Legends tilt in Singapore

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 05:47 PM

Two Philippine squads will mix it up with some of the best teams in the world when the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang M2 World Championships gets going in Singapore next month. Read more »

PLDT to spend at least P88 billion next year to improve telco services

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 14 12:36 PM

The 2021 capital expenditure is at least 20 percent higher than the P73 billion allotted and spent this year, PLDT said. Read more »

DITO Telecommunity taps retired colonel to beef up cybersecurity, plans to hire more military retirees

Bruce Rodriguez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 10 09:53 PM

(UPDATED) — DITO Telecommunity, the country's third telco player, has hired a retired military official to help strengthen its security systems against cyber attacks. Read more »

GCash says hits P1-T worth of transactions as pandemic pushes e-payments

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 08 08:20 PM

Martha Sazon, President and CEO of Mynt, which operates GCash, said GCash transactions this year have already surpassed the cumulative number of payments done through its system from 2017 to 2019. Read more »

PH internet improves but still behind global average, ASEAN neighbors: tracker

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 08 05:15 PM

Internet connectivity improved in the Philippines but the country still falls below the global average in terms of mobile and fixed-line broadband speeds, industry tracker Ookla said based on its Speedtest Global Index.  Read more »

Sharea app ginamit ng estudyante para makahingi ng tulong

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 07:43 PM

Nanawagan ng tulong sa app ang Grade 9 student mula Catarman, Northern Samar sa gitna ng mga hamon ng distance learning. Read more »

Electricity bills, other charges now payable in ShopeePay

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 04 04:54 AM

MANILA - Power users can now pay their electricity bills through Shopee's mobile wallet, ShopeePay. Read more »

Globe says 911 new cell sites built as of November, building 2,000 more next year

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 03 11:43 AM

Globe Telecom has built 911 new cell sites as of November and expects to build 389 more sites before the year ends, the company said on Wednesday.  Read more »

China drafts rules on mobile apps' collection of personal data

Reuters
Posted at Dec 01 11:49 PM

China unveiled draft guidelines on Tuesday seeking to limit the scope of mobile apps' collection of personal data in the latest attempt to curb the sprawling technology sector.   Read more »

PLDT says building 2,000 new cell sites next year as Palace hits telcos anew

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 10:40 PM

PLDT-Smart said Tuesday it is rolling out an additional 2,000 cell sites next year, and laying down underground fiber optic cables in the Bicol region and in Samar province, as part of its efforts to improve telco services.  Read more »

'Continuing education' of digital marketing in small businesses, marketers pushed by experts

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 29 09:56 AM

A group of advertisers in the Philippines is urging small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and large businesses to invest in "continuing education" on the ever-evolving digital marketing landscape to reach out to their markets who mostly have gone online since the pandemic began.  Read more »

Mobile game retelling Pacquiao story to feature ‘Mommy D’, Buboy, familiar characters

Dennis Gasgonia, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 28 07:14 AM

"Mommy D," Buboy Fernandez and Freddie Roach are some of the familiar characters to be included in the new mobile game "Fighting Pride: The Manny Pacquiao Saga." Read more »