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 PH telco sector needs revamp to improve Internet services – report (RESEARCHED BY: BARROZO, EUNICA  RIO)

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URL: https://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2018/04/ph-telco-sector-needs-revamp-improve-internet-services-report/

TITLE: PH telco sector needs revamp to improve Internet services – report
AUTHOR : One Mindanao
DATE: APRIL 10, 2018
KEY INFO: Revamping the telecommunications sector is needed to address poor Internet services in Mindanao caused by lack of competition and the restrictions imposed on foreign ownership, a World Bank-funded Mindanao Jobs Report 2017 said.

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Projects to improve connectivity in Mindanao: DICTAUTHOR: Philippine News Agency (RESEARCHED BY: BARROZO, EUNICA RIO)

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URL: https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1110699

TITLE: Projects to improve connectivity in Mindanao: DICT
AUTHOR: Philippine News Agency
DATE: July 30, 2020
KEY INFO: Amid concerns on the impact of poor connectivity in the country, an official of the Department of Information and Communications Technology said the agency is doing its best to improve Internet connection in Davao Region.

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Internet inequality in the Philippines (RESEARCHED BY: BARROZO, EUNICA RIO)

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URL:. https://theaseanpost.com/article/internet-inequality-philippines

TITLE: Internet inequality in the Philippines
AUTHOR: The ASEAN Post
DATE: September 12, 2019
KEY INFO: Not all 4G wireless users are created equal. This was what Opensignal - a London-based company that specialises in mapping wireless coverage – found out recently when it analysed the fluctuations in 4G download speeds that its users in the Philippines experience throughout the day across different regions....According to the World Bank, Mindanao accounts for a third of the Philippines’ poor at only a quarter of its population.

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How The Philippines Got Asia's Worst Internet Service (RESEARCHED BY: BARROZO, EUNICA RIO)

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TITLE: How The Philippines Got Asia's Worst Internet Service
AUTHOR: Forbes
DATE: February 23, 2016
KEY INFO: Philippines is made up of about 7,100 islands, making fixed networks particularly hard to build. Permits may be issued only at the smallest level of local government, and one by one. The government also charges “high fees,” a deterrent to any start-ups or foreign investors in broadband, said Fiona Vanier, senior media analyst with market research firm IHS Technology. Dominant broadband provider Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. controls much of the infrastructure, allowing it to charge fees higher than elsewhere in Asia despite a relatively poor population. The phone company goes on to charge other providers for traffic through its network as well, Vanier said, and the Philippines lacks Internet peering, which slows broadband speeds.

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SONA 2020: Duterte threatens Smart and Globe (RESEARCHED BY: BARROZO, EUNICA RIO)

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URL: https://youtu.be/6gHDsfTPUR0

TITLE: SONA 2020: Duterte threatens Smart and Globe
AUTHOR: Rappler
DATE: July 27, 2020
KEY INFO: In his 5th State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 27, President Rodrigo Duterte threatened to close down telco giants Globe Telecom and Smart Communications, unless their services improve by December.

“If you are not ready to improve, I might just as well close all of you and revert back to the line telephone. At kukunin ko ‘yan, i-expropriate ko sa gobyerno. ‘Yung Smart, pati ‘yung Globe, ilang taon na ito? At ang sagot palagi sa akin, ‘The party cannot be reached.’ Eh kung gano’n lang naman, ibigay ninyo sa amin,” Duterte said.

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Law to improve PH internet connectivity pushed (RESEARCHED BY: BISQUERA, CHARMELLE BEATRICE)

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URL: https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2021/8/4/law-to-improve-PH-internet-connectivity-pushed.html

TITLE: Law to improve PH internet connectivity pushed

AUTHOR: CNN Philippines Staff

DATE: August 4, 2021

KEY INFO: An information and communications technology expert urged lawmakers to pass legislation that would help improve internet connectivity in the country.

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So, Yeah, the Philippines Has Expensive Turtle (RESEARCHED BY: BISQUERA, CHARMELLE BEATRICE)

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URL: https://www.esquiremag.ph/culture/tech/philippines-internet-a00203-20200820

TITLE: So, Yeah, the Philippines Has Expensive Turtle Internet, According to a New Study

AUTHOR: ESQUIRE PHILIPPINES

DATE: August 20, 2020

KEY INFO: : Access to the Internet has become a sore spot for the Philippines lately. Now that people are working from home, most are finding that their personal providers are slow, unreliable, or, worst, unavailable, as in there is no connection to the world wide web at all.

The Digital Quality of Life Index 2020, a recent study by VPN provider Surfshark, affirms these connectivity woes. Overall, the Philippines, which is highlighted twice in the 32-page report (and not in a good way), ranks 66 out of 85 countries in terms of digital well-being.

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 Why Internet Speeds in the Philippines are so slow (RESEARCHED BY: BISQUERA, CHARMELLE BEATRICE)

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URL: : https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7vy3m/why-internet-speeds-philippines-slow-laws

TITLE:  Why Internet Speeds in the Philippines are so slow

AUTHOR: Nikki Natividad

DATE: February 22, 2021

KEY INFO: Today, most people need a stable connection to go about daily life, but the internet in the Philippines is notoriously slow.

The high cost and low service quality offered by internet providers has been exasperating for Filipinos, believed to be some of the most social-media active people. This is especially true now, as the world grows increasingly digital.

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Internet in the Philippines (RESEARCHED BY: BISQUERA, CHARMELLE BEATRICE)

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URL: https://images.app.goo.gl/YMkBrawJyWAuDLiJ8

TITLE: Internet in the Philippines

AUTHOR: Behance/ Judith San Juan

DATE: 2019

KEY INFO: The infographic is all about the Internet in the Philippines, including data of Internet users, Fixed ownership, Device ownership, use of mobile apps and social media, and ecommerce.

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Technology and Automation as Sources of 21st-Century Firm Productivity: The Economics of Slow Internet Connectivity in the Philippines (RESEARCHED BY: BISQUERA)

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URL: https://www.dlsu.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/pdf/conferences/research-congress-proceedings/2019/see-II-030.pdf

TITLE: Technology and Automation as Sources of 21st-Century Firm Productivity: The Economics of Slow Internet Connectivity in the Philippines

AUTHOR: Arno Azcarraga and Paul John Peña

DATE:  June 19-21, 2019

KEY INFO: Internet connectivity remains to be problematic in the Philippines. Although the government has increased the country’s efforts to heighten connectivity, current Internet and Smartphone penetration rates are well below the target numbers, which is theorized to be caused by institutional rigidities. The study aims to analyze technological progress and automation as a source of increasing productivity and to prove that Internet connectivity indicates aggregate growth. The technical note suggests that productivity is enhanced with an increase in technology level as seen in the behavior of the slopes. Other findings suggest that an increase in Internet level would also increase individual firm productivity by also showing growth, and thus improvements in Internet levels and an increase in the number of firms

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A Study on The Internet Connectivity in The Philippines (RESEARCHED BY: DAMASO, SIMON HENRY)

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URL: https://www.koreascience.or.kr/article/JAKO201627037745764.page

Title: A Study on The Internet Connectivity in The Philippines

Author: Salac, Romeo Agan; Kim, Yun Seon
Date Published: 2016, August 30
Key Info: This study aims to help address concerns about the growing demand of wider bandwidth Internet connection in the Philippines.

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found on Twitter (RESEARCHED BY: DAMASO, SIMON HENRY)

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URL: https://twitter.com/ADDU_Official/status/1336478281843949568?t=PPK8b065_sqQYU48rCar-g&s=19

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Digital Siomai: Internet Problems Episode: Quick Fire Questions (RESEARCHED BY: DAMASO, SIMON HENRY)

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URL: https://podtail.com/en/podcast/digital-siomai/internet-problems-episode-quick-fire-questions/

Title: Digital Siomai: Internet Problems Episode: Quick Fire Questions
Author: Abel Maningas, Kevin Lee
Date Published: November 9, 2020
Key Info: Kevin and Abel talk about the different tech products and internet problems plaguing the Philippines.

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Mahal Ka Namin DITO (RESEARCHED BY: DAMASO, SIMON HENRY)

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URL: https://youtu.be/ewzEyzhqEGU

Title: Mahal Ka Namin DITO
Author: DITO Telecommunity
Date: December 2, 2021
Key Info: DITO Telecommunications explains what they do and how it helps benefit the Filipino People

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ANNOUNCEMENT: FREE WIFI FOR ALL LAUNCHING (RESEARCHED BY: DAMASO, SIMON HENRY)

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URL: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1135413776915866

Title: ANNOUNCEMENT: FREE WIFI FOR ALL LAUNCHING
Date: January 8, 2021
Key Info: DICT Mindanao Cluster 1 launches free wifi in the general areas of Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga del Norte, and Zamboanga Sibugay!

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Living in a Country Where the Internet Sucks (RESEARCHED BY: ISNANI, LEE GIANNA)

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URL:
https://youtu.be/FeaUPLSa1DY

Title: Living in a Country Where the Internet Sucks
Author: VICE News
Date Uploaded: April 7, 2021
Key Info: Filipinos pay more for internet connectivity than most of their Asian neighbors, yet web pages load at an agonizingly idle speed. Worse, there is no connection to the world wide web at all.

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Living in a Country Where the Internet Sucks

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Duterte urges telcos to improve internet service with online classes set to start (RESEARCHED BY: ISNANI, LEE GIANNA)

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URL:
https://youtu.be/ig01DVi7UHU

Title: Duterte urges telcos to improve internet service with online classes set to start
Author: Krissy Aguilar
Date: September 29, 2020
Key Info: “May I just appeal to the telecommunications [firms]: Can you do a better job? Is there life after this kind of service that you’re delivering to the public?” to quote President Duterte.

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Duterte urges telcos to improve internet service with online classes set to start

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Title: Turtle Internet Speed
Author/Source: memecenter.com
Date: N/A
Key Info: The internet is being compared to a turtle, which is one of the world's slowest animal.

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Data says PH internet improved; DICT says it could do better (RESEARCHED BY: ISNANI, LEE GIANNA)

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URL:
https://dict.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Ph-Internet.jpg

Title: Data says PH internet improved; DICT says it could do better
Author: DICT PH
Date: September 19, 2020
Key Info: However, he said that the Philippines’ biggest problem concerning digitalization remains the lack of ICT infrastructure, resulting in poor coverage across the country, leaving many with weak to no connection signal.

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Washing Post WiFi Troubleshoot (RESEARCHED BY: ISNANI, LEE GIANNA)

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URL:
https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/DWGZCU53GRHLDIJUOAAPCGPDIQ.jpg

Title: Washing Post WiFi Troubleshoot
Artist: Jo Zixuan Zhou
Date: N/A
Key Info: An internet router being examined.