The Role of I.C.T. in Recent Philippine History

The History of I.C.T. in the Philippines

1928

American-owned PLDT was incorporated and given the franchise to establish and operate telephone services in the Philippines. Small phone companies in the provinces were acquired to speed up the roll out process.

1968

PLDT became a Filipino-controlled corporation bought by Ramon Cojuangco.

1987

PLDT establishes the country’s first cellular telephone network.

1993

With the support of the Department of Science and Technology and the Industrial Research Foundation, the Philnet project (now PHNET ) was born.

1994

Benjie Tan, who was working for ComNet established the Philippine’s first connection to the Internet at a PLDT network center in Makati City.

2000

PLDT introduces the DSL, or digital subscriber line.

2013

Mobile Cellular Subscriptions reach 102 million.

2014

Philippines named fastest growing internet population in the last five years with a growth of 531%

Number of Philippine Internet users at 38 million out of a population of 100 million.

Before Reading the Role of ICT Read First the Short Details about Recent History

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The Role of ICT in the Philippine History

It is very undeniable that ICT has played a huge role in our history. It helped in improving communication when Filipinos needed it the most.

People Power Revolution(Philippine Revolution of 1986)

It started during Marcos’ regime which lasted for 21 years in which a radio broadcast of Radyo Veritas encouraged the Filipinos to help end the rule of the former president. The rule of Ferdinand Marcos ended due to the People Power Revolution that lasted from 1983 to 1986 .

EDSA II (EDSA Dos)

Next was during the EDSA Dos that happened in 2001 in which text brigades was used to spread information. It was fueled after 11 prosecutors of then President Joseph Estrada walked out of the impeachment trial.

Million People March

Then the Million People March where Facebook and change.org were used as a medium. Million people march is a series of protests that mainly took place in Luneta Park. It was considered a success even though the attendees were only 400,000 because it clearly demonstrated how powerful social media campaigns are.

Yolanda People Finder

Last was the establishment of the Yolanda People Finder which was powered by Google. It helped people across the globe to track the situation of their relatives.

We must always appreciate the value of ICT because it is playing an important role in our life up until now.

BY: Jan Dhein Diquit

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