Geoffrey P. Ramos

Local telecommunications service providers on Apr. 24 will formally launch a new industry organization which they formed after pulling out of the Philippine Electronics and Telecommunications Federation (PETEF) in December last year.

Asian nations, including the Philippines, have united to rally behind open source software. Representatives from 14 countries in the region in March vowed to collaborate in strengthening the Asian open source community.

A government plan to push the standard use of open source software in all government offices has been put on hold following an order to review the plan from the newly-installed head of the National Computer Center (NCC).

A government plan to push the standard use of open source software in all government offices has been put on hold following an order to review the plan from the newly-installed head of the National Computer Center (NCC).

The Philippine government is intensifying its efforts to promote the use of the open-source operating system Linux among its agencies, local government units (LGUs), academic institutions and small to medium businesses (SMBs).

Despite a pledge to formulate measures against cyberterrorism and cyberattacks, countries in the Southeast Asian region have, so far, done little to actually implement any safeguards.

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