The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development and Alpha-3 Technologies have sealed a memorandum of agreement that aims to provide a fast and secure community Wi-fi service to government housing projects.
Secretary Eduardo del Rosario on Tuesday led the signing event at the central office in line with the department’s second anniversary celebration together with Alpha-3 Technologies chief executive officer Kristin Bangot and other officials of partner-service providers.
The arrangement would pave the way for the BALAI-Net project being proposed by Alpha-3 Technologies.
Key officials from the National Housing Authority and Social Housing Finance Corp. as well as representatives from Alpha-3 Technologies and some partner-developers, witnessed the event.
Under the pact, Alpha-3 will partner with DHSUD and its attached corporations in establishing a linkage with the government housing sector as part of their corporate social responsibility.
The agreement covers the provision of Internet access to residents of resettlement sites nominated and selected by DHSUD, SHFC and NHA.
The BALAI-Net project is expected to have a bandwidth of up to 100 mbps per household for every selected relocation site, a guaranteed 99.99 percent uptime and a redundant network.
“This pact is part of the government efforts in providing Filipino families with modern housing communities nationwide equipped with necessary infrastructure facilities including information technology,” Del Rosario said.
“This undertaking is another proof that great things can be achieved through effective partnership between the government and private sector,” he said.