A few weeks after the lawyer secretary of DICT was replaced by a telecommunications technocrat, things started moving on our age old problem of slow internet. The General started with the simple fact that we do not have enough cell sites. Having more cell sites will relieve pressure now being felt by increasing demand for broadband as the use of smartphones expands. “As the OIC of DICT, we came up with this road map in implementing the President’s desire to bring down the cost and increase the speed of internet access nationwide. If one is mobile, then he/she access the internet via the mobile network owned by the duopoly.

Source: Philippine Star October 24, 2017 16:30 UTC