The Philippines and China have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to reinforce cooperation and change within the digital and data and communications expertise (ICT) sectors, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) stated Friday.
The MOU was signed on January 4, 2023, by DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy for the Philippines and by Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Minister Jin Zhuanglong for China.
The MOU was amongst 14 bilateral agreements inked throughout President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s state go to to the People’s Republic of China.
“The signing of this memorandum of understanding between DICT and China’s MIIT is foremost an affirmation of our respective nations’ desire to continue to deepen our existing bilateral relations and to promote useful exchanges in the areas of digital and ICT cooperation,” stated Uy.
“This will strengthen digital cooperation between our countries, such as in the areas of emerging technologies, telecommunication, digital governance, and radio spectrum management, among others,” added the DICT chief.
The DICT stated the MOU covers the change of data, technical experience, and finest practices in rising applied sciences akin to synthetic intelligence (AI), 5G, cloud computing, the Internet of Things, industrial web, large knowledge, analytics, and robotics; enhanced help for the pragmatic cooperation between Philippine and Chinese enterprises within the telecommunication trade; and change of finest practices about 6G imaginative and prescient necessities and 5G use instances, in addition to 5G and 6G expertise innovation, 6G system ideas, and structure.
In the realm of e-governance, the 2 nations comply with change information and share finest practices in digital authorities technique, digital authorities companies, and digital identification, based on the ICT division.
The two international locations can even change finest practices about knowledge heart design requirements and discover potential partnerships to ascertain knowledge heart tasks in accordance with worldwide requirements for facility design, operations, and knowledge privateness and safety.
“This MOU between the Philippines and China will also pave the way for further agreements for the execution of projects or activities on ICT, and will support our country’s efforts to improve and accelerate digitalization in line with the priorities of President Marcos,” stated Uy. —VBL, GMA Integrated News
