![]() ![]() Secretary Ivan said they are sure that this partnership will work. ![]() The goal is to create a government ICT infrastructure that is harmonised, interoperable, and integrated. The DICT and a leader in IT and networking signed an agreement to work together to power the DICT’s e-Government Masterplan as part of a collaboration pillar. Even simple things like making phone calls and sending text messages have been hard for the locals. The island is about 5 kilometres from the mainland of Zamboanga City, but it hasn’t had a good broadband infrastructure for a long time. In addition to the broadband connection, DICT gave four Elementary Schools tablets. Uy, the secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), said that the Broadband ng Masa (Broadband for the Masses) initiative is DICT’s main way to provide fast, reliable, and free internet access to areas of the country that are hard to reach. ![]() During the installation process, the Department also found that Tigtabon and Pangapuyan, two nearby islands, also lack ICT infrastructure. Recently, the DICT Region IX BASULTA went to Sacol, a remote island with four barangays, to see if it would be possible to connect the island’s people to the rest of the world. The Department of Information and Communications Technology’s (DICT) Broadband ng Masa programme in the Philippines connects three distant island villages of Zamboanga City to the Internet. ![]()
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