Providing accelerated and inclusive internet connectivity across the country for economic and social benefit needs to be a policy goal, according to a paper released by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS).
Providing accelerated and inclusive internet connectivity across the country for economic and social benefit needs to be a policy goal, according to a paper released by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies .
Serafica and Oren underscored the importance of partnerships between the private and public sectors in reducing the digital divide, including the delivery of government plans and programs such as free WiFi projects. Serafica and Oren cited as an example the government providing the service at a lower cost or building infrastructure that private companies can use to offer internet services for underserved and unserved areas in the country.
“Key to developing viable and sustainable solutions is knowing where the gaps exist. The NTC [National Telecommunications Commission] could develop a uniform reporting system for ISPs [internet service providers] while the DICT [Department of Information and Communications Technology] could compile and publish a broadband map which identifies internet service availability down to the barangay level where competition in the last mile occurs,” they said.
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