CHERRYL B.

VALMORES

MBA 116 DR. MELDIE A. APAG

CASE ANALYSIS 6

Issues on the Philippines Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

Competitiveness

Filipinos are globally competitive, equipped with skills when it comes to

communication technology, evidenced by our thriving industry in Business process

outsourcing (BPO) and IT. Although, Philippines fares relatively poor in ICT access and

use, the skills and talents of Filipino IT experts have been viewed to be competitive.

Philippines are not behind in terms of quality, cost and availability of skilled IT workers in

Asia, making Filipinos very much in demand in many parts of the world.

However, we also cannot deny the fact that internet accessibility is one of the

problem especially in remote areas. Rural areas don't have cell sites and internet

connectivity unlike some other countries, well maybe it's just a matter of time, somehow

it's improving as government is implementing ICT since it become and will continue to be

an integral part in our day to day life of every Filipino across all levels of our society.

Information has always played vital role in our history, we have used ICT to improved our

way of life. The ICT, most specifically the Internet, has altered the ways people around

the world communicate, live, learn, play and work.

The main technology that supports the ICT-based services are:

telecommunications, computer systems and electricity. The quality of our country’s ICT

infrastructure is unfortunately lower and far more expensive compared to other countries.

The local cost of our internet access remains costly, yet in terms of internet connectivity

and broadband speed, our country ranking lags at 3.7 mbps, compared to the global

average of 24.2 mbps. The relatively weak uptake of ICT services in the Philippines, aside
from inadequate ICT infrastructure, can be attributed to relative high cost associated with

it.

Government and the private sector need to work together toward ensuring that the

proper environment exists for ICT to further flourish.