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Philippines’ mobile network experience significantly improved from Q4 2018 to Q3 2020

A recent report from the mobile metrics firm, Opensignal, has shown improvement in the Philippines’ internet service over five major regions—North Luzon, Central Luzon, NCR, South Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao—between Q4 2018 and Q3 2020. The benchmark makes use of the following elements as the criteria for the measure: 4G availability, Download Speed Experience, Latency […]

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Lazada grocery delivery business in Singapore hacked

Lazada’s grocery delivery business—or RedMart—has suffered a breach that compromised many of its users’ sensitive information in Singapore. The e-commerce platform’s own in-house cybersecurity team has discovered the issue last Thursday when it saw an illicit access to the customer database for RedMart. The Alibaba-owned company claims that the stolen information was “18 months out […]

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Libreng tawag, charging stations: NTC urges telcos to offer free essential services in storm-hit regions

Following the ravaging effects of the super typhoon Rolly, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has sent out a memorandum instructing both Globe and Smart to offer free calls and charging stations in the affected areas. The order specifically calls for the coverage of MIMAROPA, CALABARZON, and Bicol regions where strict monitoring of the implementation will […]