Y Disclosed That The Department 39s Free Wi Fi For All Public Internet Access Program Is No Longer Operational In Many Locations Quoti Was Aghast Wheni Found Out Most Areas Have Terminated Their Services As Of Aug 31 News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

MANILA - Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Ivan John Uy on Friday vowed to renew and reactivate the "dead" free Wi-Fi service areas in three months. During the House of Representatives appropriations committee hearing on DICT's proposed budget of PHP 7.2 billion for 2023, Uy disclosed that the department's Free Wi-Fi for All - Free Public Internet Access Program is no longer operational in many locations. "I was aghast when I found out that most areas have terminated their (free Wi-Fi) services as of Aug. 31, 2021," he said. "And there was no effort at all to renew those (sic) connectivity." Aside from reviving the connectivity of the free public Wi-Fi in certain areas, Uy also proposed to create a streamlined system to ease the burden of renewal of subscriptions to free Wi-Fi service providers. Northern Samar Rep. Paul Daza noted that the government's Free Public Wi-Fi program's target since 2016 was

Paul dazaCommunications technologyDepartment of informationFree public internet access programFree wi fiPublic internet access programFree public wi fiManila department of information and communications technology dict secretary ivan john uy on friday vowed to renew reactivate the quot dead free wi fi service areas in three months during house representatives appropriations committee hearing 39s proposed budget php 7 2 billion for 2023Y disclosed that the department 39s free wi fi for all public internet access program is no longer operational in many locations quoti was aghast wheni found out most areas have terminated their services as of aug 31Uot he said quot and there was no effort at all to renew those sic connectivity aside from reviving the of free public wi fi in certain areasY also proposed to createa streamlined system ease the burden of renewal subscriptions free wi fi service providers northern samar rep paul daza noted that government 39s public program target since 2016 was provide 105000 free public wi fi spots and that congress has since allocated approximately php12 billion for the project dazaIted that only 10 percent of these sites have been established and 4 are operational to date quot we 39 re hoping the free public wi fi will bea priority for new secretary officialsUot he said daza also pointed out the department 39s fiscal performance in past yearOting that the dict only utilized about 25 percent of its previous appropriations quot we understand has many good programs and projectsUot he said quot but please allow me