DICT, Globe and Smart Launched Free WiFi on EDSA
The first Free public WiFi in the Philippines was successfully launched, and it is on EDSA. This is a joint project of Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Globe and Smart . The said Free WiFi project was launched on June 12, 2017, Philippine Independence Day. This a good news to all Filipinos and to the government since the first attempt of having a Free WiFi on 2007 was disrupted because of the NBN-ZTE scandal , a 329 million US dollar construction contract between the Chinese Telecom ZTE and the proposed government-managed National Broadband Network. Free public Wi-Fi will be available across the whole 24-kilometer stretch of EDSA. The launched was done at the central terminal of the MRT at the corner of EDSA and Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City. For now, the service is available at MRT and at ground level, between the Guadalupe and Cubao MRT stations. The entire 24-kilometer stretch of EDSA is expected to go online by August. The Free WiFi proje...