The Department of Information and Communications Technology and electric cooperatives under the supervision of the National Electrification Administration signed a memorandum for the “last mile” of the government’s National Broadband Plan project to improve the internet access in the country.
The memorandum of agreement aims to ensure that the widespread availability of high-speed and affordable broadband in remote and rural areas of the country would soon be a reality through the electric cooperatives.
DICT, NEA and the Philippine Rural Electric Cooperatives Association Inc. formalized the tripartite collaboration “to realize the objectives of the NBP, including but not limited to the co-use of fiber optic cables.”
NEA administrator Edgardo Masongsong and Philreca president Presley De Jesus signed the agreement. DICT regional director Erlito Tancontian witnessed the signing.