THE DEPARTMENT of Information and Communications Technology will start installing free WiFi sites in remote islands in Mindanao in March 2021.

The department said the project is in line with its mission to provide internet connectivity in isolated and disadvantaged areas.

“This 2021, your DICT will strengthen the roll-out of Free Wi-Fi sites, particularly in remote and underdeveloped areas, to provide various opportunities for Filipinos and help them better adapt to the new normal,” DICT Secretary Gregorio Honasan II said.

“Wherever you are in the country, your DICT will strive to reach you,” he added.

Mindanao Development Authority Chairman Emmanuel Piñol said that most island residents have to go to higher areas to get cellphone signals from a Malaysian telecommunication facility.

The DICT will also provide four desktop computer packages to the local government unit of Taganak Island and four more will be given to Mapun Island.