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ICT Expansion Program. This includes erecting additional cellular sites to cover
the whole region, expansion of more secure and disaster-resistant broadband
connectivity, establishment of more Community e-Centers to cover all municipalities in
the region.
The KFA on Physical Integration aims to attain enhanced inter and intra
regional access and mobility through a reliable and efficient transportation
network and communications system accelerating the delivery of basic goods
and services in the countryside while boosting regional trade and commerce,
industry and tourism. This shall be carried out by directly linking CARs provincial
capitals and key growth centers in and out of the region through a reliable
transportation system as well as by adequately providing dependable and disaster-
resistant support information and communications infrastructure.
a. Encouraging LGUs and other entities to collaborate and work out a system for the
establishment of one-stop-shops or similar facilities to
b. speed-up processing and release of clearances, permits, right-of-way
acquisitions and other requirements.
c. Legislating tax incentives to promote telecommunications infrastructure
investments and other necessary support facilities.
MID TERM
The IT industries are fast becoming a major source for CARs economic growth. This
comprises of five main business and IT service segments, namely; contact centers,
medical transcription, animation, application outsourcing (application development,
maintenance and management), and business process outsourcing including shared
service centers for multinational companies. The business process outsourcing (BPOs)
is a phenomenon that is currently taking center stage in the global business community.
It is an innovative and creative way for companies to respond to globalization.
The good standing of BPO operation in the region pursues its role as the north node
of Cyber Philippines. In fact, Baguio City was included (rank 9th) in the Top Ten
Next Wave Cities (NWC), 2010 in the Philippines by the Commission on
Information and Communications Technology (CICT) together with the Business
Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) and the Department of Trade and
Industry (DTI). This initiative becomes a major catalyst to spur the regions economic
growth. The rating is based on four major criteria; namely, talent, infrastructure, cost
of doing business, business environment and risk management (BERM). These
criteria define the environment conducive for the conduct of outsourcing businesses.
While Baguio got certainly above average in terms of talents or skills, Davao
got an almost 100 percent rating. This calls for Baguio City to accelerate increase of
readiness of its I.T. related graduates for locally available jobs. Further, the City to
partner with other academic institutions and training schools to strengthen the
skills/capabilities of the graduates on IT-related jobs, specifically in the BPO industry.
Baguio fared well in infrastructure. The presence of adequate power,
telecommunications facilities, presence of real estate, good roads and an airport
although not having any international transport service, altogether contributed to
Baguios high rating for infrastructure consideration. However, the City should look into
establishing on a regular basis, as appropriate, having air transport both
international, as well as domestic flight services. For the cost of doing business
consideration, i.e., space rentals and power rates, etc., the city is considered relatively
a high cost alternative compared to other NWCs top ten preferred areas.
The absence of ICT Council in the City and its high vulnerability to natural
disasters affects its assessment rating on the BERM criterion. With the presence of
PEZA sites causes the City to provide zones, parks, buildings attractive to I.T. locators.
However, with the limited land area of the City for PEZA expansion, the adjacent
municipalities of La Trinidad, Itogon, Sablan, Tuba and Tublay of the province of
Benguet should be explored as potential expansion areas subject to feasibility
assessment. Added consideration is the organization of Baguio ICT Council to attend
to IT concerns in the City. The Council shall be comprised of academe, telcos, real
estate providers, power providers, chamber of commerce and concerned private
sector including government representatives.