THE Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) said on Thursday it is studying a proposal for the government to partially fund the setting up of telecommunications towers in developing areas to improve overall connectivity.

In an interview on the sidelines of The Manila Times Digital Innovation and Transformation Forum, DICT Undersecretary Jeffrey Ian Dy said ICT Secretary Ivan John Uy ordered the department to study the possibility of implementing a policy where the government can subsidize the building of towers in isolated areas to encourage the private sector to do the same.