Telstra teams up with Meralco for Gigabit Internet-over-Powerline

While the negotiations between San Miguel Corporation and telstra broke down a couple weeks ago, the Australian telecoms giant was apparently talking to another local player for a possible joint venture. The local partner is Meralco and the two are planning to put up a telecoms service, primarily mobile internet and broadband, by end of August 2016.

The joint-venture will harness the existing infrastructure of Meralco and use existing powerlines to distribute mobile and internet services across the Philippines.

“Meralco is in the better position to roll-out wireless service and broadband internet to the Filipino consumers due to its massive distribution network already in place”, according to Andy Penn, Telstra CEO.

The initial roll-out will include Gigabit internet to the home using the same power lines currently running from the NGCP (National Grid Corporation of the Philippines) towers down to the electric poles of baranggays and subdivisions.

That means all residential areas currently hooked up to Meralco can sign up for the Gigabit internet almost immediately.

A Spark lightbulb with built-in WiFi router will be provided for each new subscription. All the subscriber needs to do is plug it to any existing socket in the house and Gigabit WiFi will be immediately activated. An additional Php1,999 per Spark bulb will be charged if a subscriber needs more bulbs for bigger houses.

All connections will be set at 1Gbps to the home but the cost will be based on the amount of bandwidth consumed. The rates will be the same as the prevailing electric rates in the respective area.

For example, in Makati the rate was Php 7.4176/kwh for February 2016. This means the rate for the Gigabit internet will also be Php7.4176/GB. If you consume 100GB a month, your internet bill will be Php741.76. Meralco is imposing this scheme since its power consumers are already familiar with the rate system for electricity and adopting the same for internet makes it easily understandable.

Initial roll-out will be in stages, starting with Makati, Pasig, Pasay, Mandaluyong, Manila and Quezon City sometime in August with the rest of Metro Manila by end of December. Meralco will be working a domestic partnership with other electric distribution companies outside of Metro Manila to be able to offer this service by 1st quarter of 2017.

Earlier this year, news broke out that the negotiations between Telstra and San Miguel have ceased due to some commercial disagreements. We made some guesses as to the reasons why here.

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LTO to temporarily allow car owners to print their own license plates

Starting today, the Land Transportation Office will be enforcing the “No Registration, No Travel” policy, where no four-wheel motor vehicle can be used, driven, or operated on the roads without being duly registered with the LTO.

This means car owners must have their car plates installed or else they will be fined. If apprehended, car owners could face up to Php10,000 in fine while the driver can be penalized up to Php1,000.

According to the LTO, all license plates for new vehicles whose original registrations were applied for at the NCR Regional Office have been released to the dealers as of March 19,” said DOTC Secretary Jun Abaya. As such there is no reason for new car owners not to have their plates installed.


Design and lay-out of the new vehicle license plates.

However, due to the confusion and problems with a lot of car dealerships, many new car owners have not gotten their new license plates because of the fault of the dealers.

As such, the LTO has allowed another 30 days extension to all new car owners as long as they have proof that the fault lies with their respective dealers.

As a temporary relief, and for car drivers to avoid being apprehended for the next 30 days, car owners may optionally print an LTO-designed default plates. There are 4 plates to choose from and each one looks like a commemorative plate.

You may download them below for printing:


Temporarily LTO license plates that may be printed by car owners.

The 4th design will also allow owners to avoid being part of the number-coding scheme.

Any color printer would do and the plate needs to be at the standard size of 390mm x 140mm. It should be then pasted on a cardboard and protected by plastic to prevent wear and tear from the weather.

These temporary license plates will only be used from April 1 until April 30.

Contest Apprehension within 5 Days if Fault is Due to Dealer

The applicable penalties for a violation of the No Registration-No Travel rule under Joint Administrative Order 2014-01 include a P 10,000.00 fine for driving an unregistered vehicle, which is assessed against the vehicle owner, and a P 1,000.00 fine assessed against the driver.

If the driver is able to present a Certificate of Registration (CR) and an Official Receipt (OR) of the vehicle to prove that it has been registered, the driver will be fined only P 5,000.00 for failure to attach plates.

In these latter cases, however, for vehicle owners who believe that the fault is due to their dealers’ delay, the LTO advises them to contest the apprehension by filing a written protest within five (5) days from apprehension. This will allow the LTO to look into the potential fault of the dealer and take appropriate action, if warranted.

The LTO may impose fines, or suspend or even revoke the accreditation of erring dealerships.

More information can be found at the GOV.ph Official Gazette here and the LTO website.

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LTO to temporarily allow car owners to print their own license plates

Starting today, the Land Transportation Office will be enforcing the “No Registration, No Travel” policy, where no four-wheel motor vehicle can be used, driven, or operated on the roads without being duly registered with the LTO.

This means car owners must have their car plates installed or else they will be fined. If apprehended, car owners could face up to Php10,000 in fine while the driver can be penalized up to Php1,000.

According to the LTO, all license plates for new vehicles whose original registrations were applied for at the NCR Regional Office have been released to the dealers as of March 19,” said DOTC Secretary Jun Abaya. As such there is no reason for new car owners not to have their plates installed.


Design and lay-out of the new vehicle license plates.

However, due to the confusion and problems with a lot of car dealerships, many new car owners have not gotten their new license plates because of the fault of the dealers.

As such, the LTO has allowed another 30 days extension to all new car owners as long as they have proof that the fault lies with their respective dealers.

As a temporary relief, and for car drivers to avoid being apprehended for the next 30 days, car owners may optionally print an LTO-designed default plates. There are 4 plates to choose from and each one looks like a commemorative plate.

You may download them below for printing:


Temporarily LTO license plates that may be printed by car owners.

The 4th design will also allow owners to avoid being part of the number-coding scheme.

Any color printer would do and the plate needs to be at the standard size of 390mm x 140mm. It should be then pasted on a cardboard and protected by plastic to prevent wear and tear from the weather.

These temporary license plates will only be used from April 1 until April 30.

Contest Apprehension within 5 Days if Fault is Due to Dealer

The applicable penalties for a violation of the No Registration-No Travel rule under Joint Administrative Order 2014-01 include a P 10,000.00 fine for driving an unregistered vehicle, which is assessed against the vehicle owner, and a P 1,000.00 fine assessed against the driver.

If the driver is able to present a Certificate of Registration (CR) and an Official Receipt (OR) of the vehicle to prove that it has been registered, the driver will be fined only P 5,000.00 for failure to attach plates.

In these latter cases, however, for vehicle owners who believe that the fault is due to their dealers’ delay, the LTO advises them to contest the apprehension by filing a written protest within five (5) days from apprehension. This will allow the LTO to look into the potential fault of the dealer and take appropriate action, if warranted.

The LTO may impose fines, or suspend or even revoke the accreditation of erring dealerships.

More information can be found at the GOV.ph Official Gazette here and the LTO website.

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Canon to release its first smartphone, EOS Smart 1

Canon has been mum about whether or not they’ll enter the smartphone market, but apparently the renowned camera maker has been secretly working on the EOS Smart 1 all along; a powerful handset that can potentially blow all its contemporaries out of the water.

According to the leak specs handed over to Canon Rumors, the Canon EOS Smart 1 packs a serious power under the hood courtesy of 64-bit Octa-core processor (Snapdragon 615, 8x Cortex-A53 procs) and 8GB of RAM. Yes, that’s right 8GB RAM, top that first-tier handset makers!

Of course, being known as camera maker, Canon isn’t just going to give their first handset some run-of-the-mill optics. The tipster claims that the EOS Smart 1 will sport two cameras on the back; a 20MP with 1-inch sensor, as well as a 10MP snapper with 1/1.7-inch sensor and 3x Liquid Zoom Lens.

All of these components are encased in a shock-proof chassis with high-grade rubber and carbon fiber reinforcements which give the handset a premium, yet durable design.

Canon Rumors’ tipster didn’t mention when the EOS Smart 1 will be available to the public or how much this bad boy is going to cost. If you’re interested to see the other features of this handset, just head on over to this link.

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Canon to release its first smartphone, EOS Smart 1

Canon has been mum about whether or not they’ll enter the smartphone market, but apparently the renowned camera maker has been secretly working on the EOS Smart 1 all along; a powerful handset that can potentially blow all its contemporaries out of the water.

According to the leak specs handed over to Canon Rumors, the Canon EOS Smart 1 packs a serious power under the hood courtesy of 64-bit Octa-core processor (Snapdragon 615, 8x Cortex-A53 procs) and 8GB of RAM. Yes, that’s right 8GB RAM, top that first-tier handset makers!

Of course, being known as camera maker, Canon isn’t just going to give their first handset some run-of-the-mill optics. The tipster claims that the EOS Smart 1 will sport two cameras on the back; a 20MP with 1-inch sensor, as well as a 10MP snapper with 1/1.7-inch sensor and 3x Liquid Zoom Lens.

All of these components are encased in a shock-proof chassis with high-grade rubber and carbon fiber reinforcements which give the handset a premium, yet durable design.

Canon Rumors’ tipster didn’t mention when the EOS Smart 1 will be available to the public or how much this bad boy is going to cost. If you’re interested to see the other features of this handset, just head on over to this link.

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