The Division of Data and Communications Expertise (DICT) is on the lookout for a service supplier to roll out satellite-based web providers throughout 150 areas in Vintage because it ramps up connectivity within the provinces. PHOTO: Division of Data and Communications Expertise/FACEBOOK PAGE
The Division of Data and Communications Expertise (DICT) is on the lookout for a service supplier to roll out satellite-based web providers throughout 150 areas in Vintage because it ramps up connectivity within the provinces.
The federal government company issued this month the invitation to bid for the P56.76-million contract. events have till Nov. 5 to submit their proposals.
In accordance with the bidding paperwork, the service supplier will need to have the capability to supply a subscription to web entry through low earth orbit satellite tv for pc.
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The DICT units the requirement of 220 megabits per second (Mbps) for obtain velocity and 25 Mbps for add velocity.
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The DICT mentioned the personal sector associate shall present {hardware}, backup energy provide, and different providers wanted to make the web out there on a regular basis.
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Other than web entry, the chosen service supplier will need to have cybersecurity measures in place to dam digital assaults like phishing and malicious software program.
The chosen associate should ship the service and set up inside 30 days upon receipt of the discover to proceed.
This undertaking is in keeping with DICT’s free Wi-Fi program, which goals to enhance web connectivity in public locations throughout the nation, together with public parks, plazas, libraries, barangay facilities, nationwide and native authorities places of work, public primary training establishments, state universities and schools, public hospitals, rural well being models, public airports and seaports, and public transport terminals.
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In its newest report, the DICT mentioned its free Wi-Fi program advantages 9.8 million customers throughout 1,401 cities and municipalities, together with 3,040 geographically remoted and deprived areas.
In rural areas, the development of conventional infrastructure like mobile towers is deemed difficult due to the placement. Satellite tv for pc expertise, as such, is being tapped as a connectivity answer in these areas as a result of it doesn’t depend on on-ground amenities.
The nation, the truth is, has been seeing a number of entries of overseas satellite tv for pc gamers after the federal government granted tech mogul Elon Musk’s Starlink Web Providers Philippines license to function as an web service supplier in 2022. These embody US-based corporations Astranis and Intelsat, and Luxembourg-based connectivity options agency SES.
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The necessity for web entry has been emphasised for the reason that COVID-19 pandemic compelled the general public to do their normal duties—procuring, cost, and banking, amongst others—through on-line platforms. It additionally led to the rise of hybrid setups—mixture of offline and on-line—for each work and faculties.
