UNDP partners with DICT, PLDT for free Wi-Fi for public colleges
by The Manila Times
Jun 21, 2022 12:40 am
IN a hybrid ceremony, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Philippines activated 1,000 free Wi-Fi access points across 220 public higher education institutions (HEIs) nationwide. The access points were installed and rolled out with the support of PLDT.
The milestone, spearheaded by DICT Acting Secretary Manny Caintic and UNDP Philippines Resident Representative Selva Ramachandran, was celebrated at the Bulacan Polytechnic College - San Jose Del Monte Campus with the simultaneous virtual participation of representatives from Nueva Vizcaya State University. These two schools were among the participating HEIs in the DICT-UNDP project.
From left are Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Free Wi-Fi for All Program Director Wilkins Win Wong, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) CoRe FW4A Officer in Charge Ronel Vincent Vistal, DICT Undersecretary for Resilient Government Emergency Communications Alan Silor, UNDP Resident Representative Selva Ramachandran, DICT Secretary Manny Caintic, DICT Undersecretary for Digital Philippines Maria Victoria Castro and DICT Region 3 Director Reynaldo Sy. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
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