I landed in Manila for the first time one evening in early August 2017 to begin my assignment as Ambassador to the Philippines.

The project “seeks to strengthen the information and telecommunications infrastructure in the Philippines by providing Open RAN-related equipment to UP,” the statement read.

The Japanese government has earmarked up to 444 million yen or around PHP168 million to support the Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) system laboratory at the University of the Philippines (UP) ...