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Philippines mobile users still heavy on 3G

By Elijah Felice Rosales | 3 days ago

It will be challenging for local telco providers to migrate subscribers to 4G and 5G networks this year, with seven in 10...

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LGUs, homeowner groups urged to back connectivity restoration works

August 11, 2025 - 12:01am

Telecommunications firm Globe has urged local government units (LGUs) and homeowners’ associations (HOAs) to support...

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Phaseout of 2G, 3G networks underway

By Elijah Felice Rosales | June 19, 2025 - 12:00am

The government plans to undertake a program that would retire the legacy networks of 2G and 3G nationwide to increase the...

Business

Public warned of unverified tower firms

October 2, 2024 - 6:00am

As a bill easing restrictions on telco operations continues to be pushed, the Department of Information and Communications and Technology (DICT) has warned the public about unverified tower companies claiming to...

Nation

Networks prone to exploits with Konektadong Pinoy Bill, says think tank

September 18, 2024 - 7:00am

Expressing reservations on the proposed Konektadong Pinoy Bill, an independent policy research organization has said that the draft legislation could put the internet infrastructure of the Philippines at high r...

Nation

Switching networks not guarantee of better experience – Opensignal

By Richmond Mercurio | April 6, 2022 - 12:00am

Switching networks does not guarantee a better experience for Filipinos who changed their mobile operator through the mobile number portability, according to global mobile analytics firm Opensignal.

Business

A terror incident in Inabanga, Bohol?

By Bobit S. Avila | April 12, 2017 - 12:00am

The social media networks were agog in reporting that incident in Barangay Napo, Inabanga, Bohol, where armed men were found at dawn by alert policemen, and reports say that there was gunfire that ensued where unconfirmed...

Freeman Opinion

Cirtek unit bags multi-year contract

By Iris Gonzales | November 3, 2015 - 9:00am

Cirtek ATS, a unit of publicly listed Cirtek Holdings Philippines Corp. has bagged a multi-year manufacturing contract from Quintel, a New York-based innovator of spectrum and space-efficient base station antennas...

Business

Boxing and TV

By Rico S. Navarro | February 8, 2015 - 12:00am

In the world of pro boxing, who or what controls or manages the way the business of boxing is being run?

Freeman Cebu Sports

Wrong priorities during Seniang

By Jerry Tundag | January 7, 2015 - 12:00am

Bobit Avila is right that no one warned Cebuanos about Seniang.

Freeman Opinion