Only 5% of Pinoys can use Internet: CICT
ONLY five percent of Filipinos have access to the Internet, according to a government official.
"It's not too evident because we see a lot of Internet cafes. But if you go outside urban areas, Internet use is very rare. Others have Internet access but don't appreciate the value of it," said Virgilio Pena, chairman of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (ICT).
The challenge for the ICT sector now is to motivate the 95 percent of the country's population to use the Internet and other technology, he said Wednesday on the sidelines of the 1st International Conference and Exhibition on Business and ICT at Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino.
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"It's not too evident because we see a lot of Internet cafes. But if you go outside urban areas, Internet use is very rare. Others have Internet access but don't appreciate the value of it," said Virgilio Pena, chairman of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (ICT).
The challenge for the ICT sector now is to motivate the 95 percent of the country's population to use the Internet and other technology, he said Wednesday on the sidelines of the 1st International Conference and Exhibition on Business and ICT at Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino.
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2 Comments:
At 11:34 AM, Anonymous said…
Only 5% of pinoys use the internet? I doubt the data of the CICT. Isn't the Philippines the text capital of the world because of Filipinos' pervasive use of celfone texting? I believe Pinoys are open to new technologies as they are open to foreign influences. The internet is not an exception.
At 12:44 AM, Anonymous said…
...There is no direct relation between the practice of texting and Internet usage...
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