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Internet in the Philippines first became available on March 29, 1994, 10:18 a.m., with the Philippine Network Foundation (PHNet) connecting the country and its people to Sprint in the United States via a 64 kbit/s link. [1] [2] [3] As of February 2023, there are 85.16 million internet users in the country, where internet penetration stood at 73.1% of the total population. [4]
The Magna Carta for Philippine Internet Freedom (abbreviated as MCPIF, or #MCPIF for online usage) is an internet law bill filed in the Congress of the Philippines. The bill contains provisions promoting civil and political rights and Constitutional guarantees for Philippine internet users, such as freedom of expression, as well as provisions on information and communications technology (ICT ...
The Open Access in Data Transmission Act is an internet and telecommunications law bill filed in the Congress of the Philippines. The bill contains provisions encouraging the development of data transmission infrastructure and removing any barrier to competition in data transmission services. It also aims to protect and promote the internet as ...
Telecommunications in the Philippines. Telecommunications in the Philippines are well-developed due to the presence of modern infrastructure facilities. The industry was deregulated in 1995 when President Fidel Ramos signed Republic Act No. 7925 (The Public Telecommunications Policy Act of the Philippines). This law opened the sector to more ...
Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators ( POGOs) is the official designation for firms operating in the Philippines that offer online gambling services to markets outside the Philippines.
PLDT, Inc., formerly known as the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company ( Filipino: Kompanya ng Teleponong Pangmalayuan ng Pilipinas ), [2] is a Philippine telecommunications, internet and digital service company. [3] PLDT is one of the Philippine's major telecommunications providers, along with Globe Telecom and startup Dito Telecommunity.
The Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, officially recorded as Republic Act No. 10175, is a law in the Philippines that was approved on September 12, 2012. It aims to address legal issues concerning online interactions and the Internet in the Philippines. Among the cybercrime offenses included in the bill are cybersquatting, cybersex, child pornography, identity theft, illegal access to data ...
Philippine Internet eXchange ( PhIX) is the first Internet Exchange Point in the Philippines. [1] It is a joint project of Philippine Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to interconnect through a common backbone or Internet Exchange Point (IX) for efficient infrastructure. As of 2010 it was interconnecting eight (8) ISPs namely: Pacific Internet ...