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| What is ICT Policy |
| Philippine ICT Policy |
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| Laws |
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| Executive Orders |
| Institutions |
| GENDER AND ICT Policy |
| POLICY ISSUES |
| .ph ccTLD |
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| IPR / Open Content |
| E-Governance |
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| Global Spaces: WSIS and Beyond |
| .PH cc TLD |
| Policy paper seeks reform in .ph administration 01 February 2006 |
| The Foundation for Media Alternatives will tackle the dispute over the .ph country code Top Level Domain administration in one of the seven policy papers under its research project “Policy, Praxis and Public Interest: Engendering Strategic InfoComms Policy Research in the Philippines.” “Internet governance in the area of the administration of country code Top-Level Domains” aims to analyze the public interest issues surrounding the current administration of .ph and recommend policy options towards a smooth and fair redelegation process. |
| Are there really 125,000 PH domains? 26 July 2005 |
| More than a proof of the otherwise sorry state of ICT statistics in the Philippines, the absence of a definite figure on the .ph domains demonstrates the lack of any accountability of the .ph administrator to the government. Chin Wong, however came up with the figure of 125,000, based on a survey done by a Spanish organization Laboratorio de Internet. While the figure is said far from the actual, it is nonetheless instructive enough to debunk ealier claims made by DotPH, that its income out of its per annum rate of $35 is barely enough to keep the company going. (By Chin Wong, Manila Standard Online) |
| E-commerce group backs PH reforms 16 May 2005 |
| The Philippine Internet Commerce Society (PICS), an association of online businesses backed the proposal of redelegating the .ph domain from its current administrator, Joel Disini. In their draft position paper to be submitted to the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), PICS argued that Disini has arbitrarily managed the .ph domain, as though “it were his personal, private property.” (By Chin Wong, Digital Life) |
| Domain economics 19 April 2005 |
| Columnist Chin Wong attempts to breakdown the exorbitant registration cost of .ph, at $35 per annum and counters the claims made by DotPH such as high maintenance costs. Aside from lowering prices of international bandwidth, Wong asserts the fact that DotPH has afforded to offer discounted rates of as low as $15 per domain name. He also questions the lack of accountability and transparency of the company that appears to be making money for 15 years out of a national resource. (By Chin Wong, Digital Life) |
| RP gov't asks ICANN to review Disini's deal with Postel 30 March 2005 |
| The Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) is set request the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to review the informal agreement between Internet pioneer Jon Postel and .ph administrator Joel Disini over the management of the Philippine’s country code top level domain. This was revealed by CICT Commissioner Dondi Mapa who chairs a technical working group (TWG) that is tasked to implement the new guidelines towards the redelegation of the .ph domain. Disini, who once sat in ICANN’s Government Advisory Committee (GAC) refused to acknowledge the new guidelines which earlier required to choose between being a registrar or a registry. (By Erwin Lemuel Oliva, Inq7.net) |
| Because the Disini brothers want to suck it dry 04 March 2005 |
| Bombim Cadiz, president of the Philippine Network Foundation (PHNet) that manages edu.ph counters the accusations of DotPH CEO Joel Disini in his paid advertisement, “Who will run the PH domain?.” Cadiz is part of the Advisory Board that came up with the redelegation guidelines. (By Bombim Cadiz) |
| Who will run the PH domain?: An open letter to Secretary Virgilio Peña 03 March 2005 |
| DotPH CEO Joel Disini, published a second advertisement challenging the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) and the multi-stakeholder Advisory Board which helped draft the guidelines. Disini's group commissioned an American firm to investigate and compare the downtimes of gov.ph, edu.ph, and .ph. (By Joel Disini, dotPH News) |
| Less Politics, More Technology: An open letter to Secretary Virgilio Peña 03 March 2005 |
| Following the release of the guidelines for the redelegation and administration of the .ph domain, Joel Disini presents the findings of an American firm on the 'unacceptable” performance of .gov.ph and .edu.ph. The study was commissioned by DotPH. (By Joel Disini, dotPH News) |
| CICT chief wonders why Disini is after him 02 March 2005 |
| In two public letters, .ph domain administrator Joel Disini lashed out at Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) Chair VIrgilio Peña, following the developments on the redelegation of the Philippines country code top level domain (ccTLD). Disini claimed that CICT never bothered to validate the efficiency .gov.ph and .edu.ph administration before approving the guidelines which a special committee drafted. He cited a survey which found out that the .gov.ph and .edu.ph have suffered more downtimes than .ph. The survey was commissioned by Disini's company, DotPH. (By Erwin Lemuel Oliva, Inq7.net) |
| Why Can't Bombim Keep It Up? 28 February 2005 |
| The text reinforces Dot PH's claims on the down times experienced particularly by the .edu domain, which is managed by Bombim Cadiz of the Philippine Network Foundation. In a paid advertisement Dot PH argued that the management of the .ph ccTLD cannot be turned over to the managers of the .edu and .gov domains due to their network performance. (By JJ Disini, Tales from Disiniland) |
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