Transport & Communications
Japan helps Manila build $150M submarine cable
The Philippines is expanding its submarine cable network and has contracted the Japanese telecommunications giant IPS Inc. and affiliate InfiniVAN Inc. in a $150 million project linking Luzon to islands in the Visayas and Mindanao.
Aboitiz Power vehicle fleet seen 40 percent clean by 2030
Aboitiz Power Corp. on Thursday targets to covert 40 percent of its fleet of four-wheelers and bikes into electric vehicles by 2030 and fully electric by 2040.Aboitiz Power said the target supports the Electric Vehicle Industry Development Act which mandates industrial and commercial firms to keep at least five percent of its fleet as EVs.
Globe using Nokia equipment to ramp up 5G deployment
Nokia, now a B2B technology innovation leader, on Thursday bared rolling out a state-of-the-art, modular interleaved passive active antenna (IPAA) for Globe Telecom, Inc, across the southern islands of the Philippines to help accelerate 5G deployment in the region.
Work begins at flood-prone NLEX section at Tulaoc overpass
NLEX Corporation on Thursday started preliminary works to elevate a 200-meter section of the tollway in San Simon, Pampanga addressing chronic flooding in the area.
Advocates push for stronger biodiesel blend
There has never been a more perfect time than now for government to adopt a stronger coconut biodiesel blend when its price is affordable even as diesel prices rise, the United Coconut Association of the Philippines (UCAP) said on Wednesday.
