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Philippine digitalisation push exceeds payment targets, expands rural outreach

Philippine digitalisation push exceeds payment targets, expands rural outreach

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The Philippine Department of Information and Communications Technology said it had deployed 2,655 free public Wi-Fi sites across Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao (i.e. nationwide) under its Broadband ng Masa programme. The scheme targets geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas.