Workshop on

Internet of Things
for Productivity
Enhancement
27-31 May 2019,
Taipei, ROC
01 INTRODUCTION-the Philippines
• Population- more than 100 million people, with less than 5% of the
population above 65 years old.
• The country's gross domestic product (GDP) growth advanced up to
6.1% during the 4th quarter of 2018, according to the Philippine
Statistics Authority.
• The sustained IT spending growth is 10.1%.
• Ranks 83rd out of 138 countries in terms of technological readiness,
according to the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

GOALS
The future-readiness for an innovative and smart Philippines could go a long
way in addressing the Philippine Development Plan 2017-2020
economic policy framework, which states in its strategic outcome,

“A matatag, maginhawa, at panatag na buhay by 2040 will be achieved if we

are able to lay down the foundation for inclusive growth, a high-trust and
resilient society, and a globally-competitive knowledge economy by 2022.”
02 Key trends on the development of iot:
2018 Global Innovation
Index -the Philippines leads in
terms of ICT (information and
communications technology)
services exports in the
Southeast Asia region
Fitch Solutions reports that the
Philippines has considerable
potential to become a frontier
market, software sales have
been recorded at PHP29.3B in
2018, benefiting from the
growth of tech intensive
industries such as Business
Process Outsourcing (BPOs),
financial services, and
telecoms.
Global top 50 in terms of
Business Sophistication,
ranking of 44th worldwide
Sectors likely to develop with
the Internet of Things in the
Philippines:
• LPWAN (Low Power Wide
Area Networks) wireless
telecommunications
networks
• Smart Industries- Industry
4.0. Smart Agriculture
• Smart Cities
• Smart Building
IoT Factory, Philippines
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Some of the emerging technology trends impacting the recent development of IoT in the Philippines are:
Internet
• High Internet penetration
average of 58%
• Longest average personal
Internet usage time of almost •
9 hours a day
• Among the lowest in ranking in
terms of long term evolution
(LTE) availability and speed
with an average speed below
the global average (6.3 Mbps)
at 4.2 Mbps.
• 40 to 50 billion internet users
by 2020
Filipino Youth
• Very young population,
with less than 5% above the
age of 65.
Filipino youth expect the
biggest impacts on their
lives
EMERGING TRENDS
Spending
• Philippine spending in IoT is forecasted
to grow from US$ 55.1M in 2014 to US$
766.8M in 2020.
• Devices, connectivity, and IT services
are likely to make up two-thirds of the
IoT market in 2020, with devices
(modules/ sensors) alone representing
more than 30 percent of the total
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Some of the emerging technology trends impacting the recent development of IoT in the Philippines are:
Banking Sector
• The money-transfer operators
present an enormous
opportunity in the IoT, as they
could claim roughly two thirds
of the Philippines’ population
of 98 million as their potential
customers.
• By 2019, the country will
continue to witness creative
and Philippine-centric
payment and remittance
innovations, driven by the
country’s unbanked sector and
the on-going rise of
remittances from overseas
Filipino workers (OFWs).
Health Sector
• With a population close to
100 million inhabitants,
rural areas with inadequate
healthcare structures and
spread-out island
communities, it is difficult
to provide a sufficient level
of healthcare to all citizens,
to which IoT services could
be the solution to these
problems.
EMERGING TRENDS
Smart City
• Smart Cities will address urban
challenges such as pollution, energy
efficiency, security, parking, traffic,
transportation, and others, by utilizing
advanced technologies in data
gathering and communications
interconnectivity via the internet
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Some of the emerging technology trends impacting the recent development of IoT in the Philippines are:
Out-of-the-Box Think Tanks
• In the next three years,
disruptive Chief Information
Officers, who are out-of-the-
box thinkers, will set the tone
of the ICT development in the
Philippines.
• Tech leaders are actively
researching Artificial
Intelligence (AI) and machine
learning (ML), but
organizations are prioritizing
tech investments in security
ICT Jobs
By 2021, the demands of the
new borderless economy will
push enterprises to
manpower reskilling and up
scaling jobs through ICT.
Skills in areas such as artificial
intelligence and machine
learning, data science,
software-as-a-service (SaaS)
in the cloud, and cyber
security have become
globally in demand this year,
and will continue to be so.
EMERGING TRENDS
Authentication and Trust
• By 2019, 20% of CIOs will shift their
cyber security focus towards
“authentication and trust” to better
handle business risks. This is directly
connected to the 2018 ICT trend of
prioritizing cyber security – a
phenomenon that arose due to several
reports of cyber security incidents, such
as phishing and hacking. And with the
rise of mobile devices and applications
come the heightened attention of many
cyber criminals and terrorists groups to
exploit these mediums.
 03 EMERGING TRENDS
Some of the emerging technology trends impacting the recent development of IoT in the Philippines are:

Personalization is the New Standard Digital Empowerment: Non-Disruptive

Workspace 360
Digital Disruption

• In the next 12-24 months,

• By 2019, the rise of digital
natives and the influence of
digital-native mind-set on
enterprises will push novel
workspace trends. It is a
result of increased mobile
access to the internet, which
leads to increased demand
for work but not limited by
location and with openness to
collaborations.
• In the next two years, the country’s
utilizing digital-driven,
customized, and personal
continuing journey towards digital
transformation will pave the way for
approaches to customer
retail and financial technologies and
intimacy and talent
services that integrate seamlessly into
acceleration will become a
the daily lives of the local community.
standard practice among
Examples include the Bonifacio Global
Philippine enterprises. This is
City App developed to guide users
possible through customer
through the bustling business hub, and
intimacy strategy.
the “Makatizen card” which has the
local government units (LGUs) to
quickly identify residents and act as a
mobile wallet
 03 EMERGING TRENDS
Some of the emerging technology trends impacting the recent development of IoT in the Philippines are:

DX in the BPO Industry Analytics-Driven Marketing Digital Economy Tipping Point

By 2019, as digital transformation In In the next 12-36 months,

shakes up the BPO market dynamics, enterprises are headed to a
In the next five years,
BPO providers that align their DX different higher level of maturity
Philippine enterprises
plans with the changes in the when it comes to DX adoption. In
that incorporate analytics
industry will gain competitive edge in the same manner, clearer digital
and customer insights
the market. Because the outsourcing vision for the country should be
into their marketing
industry is now being threatened by seen, as the government barrels
the rise of artificial intelligence, which up its ICT initiatives. The country’s
may take over 40k to 50k “low- ICT development has been
skilled” or process-driven jobs, it showing significant progress from
should now move to higher-level both the public and private sector
skills and higher value-added services domains. The combined efforts of
such as big data analytics, app these two stakeholders will usher
development, and related fields. a period of rapid and robust
technology adoption.
 03 EMERGING TRENDS
Some of the emerging technology trends impacting the recent development of IoT in the Philippines are:

Mobile as medium of choice

Building on existing infrastructure

• According to Deloitte’s
2015 Global Mobile
Consumer Survey, 70
percent of Filipino
millennials have access to
a smartphone or a similar
device—the average for
the Southeast Asian region
is about 74.8 percent.
Across SEA, smartphone
adoption has overtaken
computer (or PC) adoption
and is clearly the preferred
medium of choice due to
portability, cost and
uneven distribution of
internet access.
Many businesses are finding that
much of the infrastructure to
capture data is already in place.
The challenge is to harness this
data and digest it to come up
with meaningful information in a
timely manner. This is what’s
needed to help companies
develop innovative solutions that
could significantly transform the
way we live our lives.
0 4 Collaborative linkages:

is a student start-up competition which aims to inspire

college students to create socially-relevant technologies
that can be viable business ventures. This is organized by
the Department of Information and Communications
Technology (DICT), in partnership with the Philippine
Software Industry Association (PSIA), Intel Philippines and
Philippine Society of IT Educators (PSITE).

Through this challenge, the DICT together with PSIA,

PSITE and Intel and its esteemed partners Huawei,
Ideaspace, Microsoft and HP Enterprise, will continue in
its thrust in developing the Philippine Start-up Ecosystem
and promoting the creation of innovative technologies
that are beneficial to the society and the country.
0 4 Collaborative linkages:
An annual gathering and showcase of IOT technology in the
country.
0 4 Collaborative linkages:
The government has been working on Manila and Davao
cities. In Manila a smart city venture is planed with
Centios, a joint venture of Korea Telecom and Cisco. Hung
Song, CEO and president of Centios, said the smart city
involves the integrated operation and management of
safety and security, energy, transport, education, health,
environment, administration, and energy management.
0 4 Collaborative linkages:

This low power technology is a new

wireless data communications
standard and is supported by the
Information and Communications
Technology Association.

The TVWS is an ideal wireless data

delivery medium for the Philippines,
with its long distance propagation
characteristics and the ability of its
signals to travel over water and
through thick foliage, that will be the
technology to bring connectivity to
rural areas and bridge the digital
divide.
  Department of Information and Communications
04 Key initiatives and
Technology (DICT) Projects
mechanisms designed by  China Telecom
 Magna Carta for Philippine Internet Freedom ICT
the government to set Reforms Agenda
policy to enable new  National Telecommunications Commission
Memorandum Circular (MC) 07-08-2015)
technological advances  Executive Order No. 2, series of 2016 “Freedom
and innovation in the of Information”
 Integrated Government Philippines (iGovPhil)
areas of IoT  House Bill 262, “An Act Establishing the e-
Government, Defining its Powers and Functions,
Appropriating Funds Therefor, and for Other
Purposes” - Government Enterprise Architecture
policy.
 The Next Wave Cities
05 National broadband and
free wifi project
Successful IoT Projects in the Philippines