DICT seeks to activate satellite slotshome/Business/Top Business/DICT seeks to activate satellite slotsThe Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is seeking to utilize two sovereign satellite slots for surveillance and increased connectivity, its chief said on Friday. In his speech, titled “Innovative Philippines: Transforming Barriers to Productivity, Transparency and Inclusive Growth Information” in Makati City, Information Secretary Gregorio Honasan 2nd said the government must also bank on the unused broadband satellite slots allotted for the Philippines to improve network connectivity. Honasan, who is a former senator, told reporters the DICT was asking for a budget from the government to activate the two slots maintained by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DICT chief noted if the DICT secured an investment, the country might expect the satellites to be operational in three years. The utilization of these satellite slots will be in line of President Rodrigo Duterte’s mandate to have emergency communication systems, he added.

Source: Manila Times September 27, 2019 16:18 UTC