00:00The Department of Information and Communications Technology, or DICT, has completed Phase 1 of the National Fiber Backbone Project of the government.
00:08According to DICT Spokesperson, Assistant Secretary Renato Paraiso, it is expected that Phase 2 and Phase 3 of the project will be completed this March or April.
00:20While Phase 4 and Phase 5 will be funded by a loan from the World Bank, it is expected that the government will have a fast, secure, and reliable internet connection
00:34that will speed up the delivery of government services, especially in the sector of education and communities in remote areas.
00:46We expect that because of the National Fiber Backbone, they won't need a lot of capital outlay in connecting to other parts of the country,
00:56and the price of our internet will be lowered.
