How does ANALITIKA consortium plan to turn the Philippines into a regional analytics centre?
Interviews & Viewpoints | Mariels Almeda Winhoffer, Vice-President for Global Business Partners Asia-Pacific, IBM: Interview from The Report: The Philippines 2015
Articles & Analysis | Public and private efforts to support local technological innovation in the Philippines from The Report: The Philippines 2015
The Philippines’ tech start-up scene is on the cusp of taking a major leap forward, as the support infrastructure and ecosystem to finance and bring ideas to market takes shape. To date, the most successful ideas to hit the market have been adaptations of Western-conceived innovations, such as local versions of taxicab ordering services. But...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Maria Rosario Santos-Concio, President and CEO, ABS-CBN Corporation: Interview from The Report: The Philippines 2015
How is the Philippines positioned as a location for the development of media and entertainment content for the ASEAN region?
Articles & Analysis | Building infrastructure with an eye to future growth in the Philippine IT sector from The Report: The Philippines 2015
With a large, young and social media savvy population approaching 100m, a fast growing economy that is forecast to become the world’s 16th largest by 2050, and a relatively affordable labour pool with strong English proficiency, the Philippines boasts many exploitable assets that could establish the country as a regional IT powerhouse. One of...
Articles & Analysis | Demand and opportunities grow for local telecoms providers in the Philippines from The Report: The Philippines 2015
Lagging behind the region’s faster evolving markets when it comes to the provision and adoption rate of mobile broadband, data usage and mobile services in the Philippines are expected to grow as smartphones become more pervasive and the two leading operators continue to raise capital expenditure to upgrade existing networks and deploy 4G...
Chapter | Telecoms & IT from The Report: The Philippines 2015
Just two companies control the fixed-line and mobile telecommunications market; however, competition between these two providers is intense. The mobile network operators are beginning to shift their investment focus to providing more data capacity and related services, preparing networks for the 4G rollout. Despite the two incumbent operators enjoying an entrenched market position that makes...