MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is putting in place extra screws to tighten the cybersecurity requirements of the Konektadong Pinoy Act ahead ...

MANILA, Philippines — The passage of the “Konektadong Pinoy” law will bridge the “digital divide,” according to Senate President Francis Escudero and Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, who both highlighted the ...

MANILA, Philippines — The measure allowing new internet service providers to operate in the country without a legislative franchise or Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) lapsed ...

The Konektadong Pinoy Bill, which allows new data transmission players to operate without a legislative franchise or Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN), has lapsed into law, ...

MANILA, Philippines — To those hoping that President Marcos would veto the much-ballyhooed “Konektadong Pinoy” bill — especially after the head of state’s silence about it during his recent State of ...

A letter from the country’s biggest telecommunications companies was recently sent to President Marcos, coursed through Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Henry ...

Malacañang said President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is now reviewing the Konektadong Pinoy bill (KPB) as opposition to it continues to grow. Palace Press Officer Claire Castro confirmed that the Chief ...

MANILA, Philippines – PLDT Inc., a telco titan backed by billionaire Manuel V. Pangilinan, may challenge the “Konektadong Pinoy” bill before the Supreme Court, as it is feared to wreak havoc in the ...

MANILA, Philippines — With a few days left before the Konektadong Pinoy Act lapses into law, Globe Telecom has doubled down on industry calls to stop its passage, appealing before President Marcos to ...

Stratbase Institute President Victor Andres “Dindo” Manhit said the Konektadong Pinoy Bill if enacted into law, poses risks of foreign surveillance, digital exploitation, and algorithmic manipulation, ...