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+ April 18, 2021 THE Philippines’ fixed broadband average download speed continued its surge for March 2021, according to the Ookla Speedtest Global Index report.
The country registered 7.79 Mbps, or a 20.25 percent increase in speed from the recorded 38.46 Mbps in February, jumping to 46.25 Mbps for this month.
“The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) shall continue to support and monitor the performance of telecommunications companies (telcos) and internet service providers (ISPs) to ensure their intensified efforts to improve internet service performance this year,” Secretary Gregorio Honasan II said.
The March 2021 fixed broadband average download speed increase is the highest jump since President Rodrigo Duterte assumed office.
From the usual 45-minute drive, the road going to Luisita Subic–Clark–Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) Access Road in Tarlac City will soon be only 15 minutes once a new bypass road is completed.
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April 16, 2021 | 6:16 pm
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DITO Telecommunity Corp. expanded its services to 21 more cities on Friday, adding the provinces of Laguna and Cavite to its network, the company said.
The country’s third telco player started commercial operations in 15 cities in Visayas and Mindanao on March 8, with plans to expand to nationwide availability by June.
The expansion includes 18 Luzon cities in Batangas, Bulacan, Cavite, Laguna, Tarlac, and Nueva Ecija.
SIM cards, DITO said in a press release on Friday, are now available in more than 300 partner-stores. SIM cards will also be sold in three DITO-owned stores in Cebu and Davao “very soon.”
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