The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) wants to tap foreign companies, with the help of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), to hasten the deployment of free Wi-Fi nationwide.

The domestic telecommunications industry, acting DICT chief Eliseo Rio Jr. said in a Facebook post on Monday, does not have the capacity to deliver the government’s promise of free Wi-Fi.

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