For the first time ever, telco and digital services leaders from Converge ICT, Globe Telecom and PLDT-Smart steered the 13th annual Fiber-to-the-Home Asia-Pacific (FTTH APAC) conference grounded on the theme “connecting business, policy and technology of fiber everywhere.”The country’s reputation as future digital lifestyle capital in Asia drew tech and telco leaders from all over the world. Recent announcements have made the Philippines one of Asia-Pacific’s most exciting telecom markets. In 2015, Huffpost.com posted a story about the country’s potential as a digital lifestyle capital. Today, as tech and telco leaders from all over the world get a peak on how digital services fuel the country, a huge step towards that potential has been taken. (The author is a former broadsheet entertainment and lifestyle reporter and section editor for an entertainment magazine before crossing over to corporate and marketing PR.)

Source: Manila Times May 12, 2018 16:12 UTC