As I mentioned in our class today, your next online assignment would be something about the beginnings of the internet in the Philippines. Name at least three Filipinos who were key to getting the country wired to cyberspace and give a 3-5 sentence background information on them as well as their role in RP's internet development . For bonus point/s, include their current whereabouts (where are they connected now, what position, doing what, etc.).
Don't forget to cite your sources, both online and print materials. You can also provide links related to the people you will name.
Deadline is Friday, August 3, 6:00 pm.
This time, I do hope to see 28 comments posted.
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1.Carlos Miguel Alvarez Paraz
-He is simply known as "Migs" to friends, is one of the historians of the Philippine Internet. He has been involved in the technical directions of the local Internet scene since nearly its commercial beginnings in 1995. Since then, he has been involved in the development of the Philippine Internet and telecoms, Linux and open source, and Enterprise Java Programming.
-His blog for Pinoy Tech Blog is based on the lighter side of consumer computing, Internet and telecoms services. Ironically, it is said that he is a gadget hater.
-He is well-educated in contemporary Internet and software technology matters and can provide analyses of the subject. He has spoken about the Philippine Internet in foreign conferences on both the user and the technical/operational perspective.
-Migs is the author behind http://migz.paraz.com.
2. Daniel Escasa
- He had over 20 years experience in IT (he claims he was a child prodigy) in various capacities -- teacher, developer, and writer. He still considers himself a student of IT. He believes that "you can never stop learning, else your knowledge not only stagnates, but actually deteriorates." His latest toy is operating systems -- he's tried out BeOS and various flavors of Linux, and has used OS/2, OpenBSD, and his current flame FreeBSD 4.7.
3. Janette Toral
-Janette Toral is the author of the DigitalFilipino.com, E-Commerce Workshop E-Book, and co-author/editor of the Philippine Internet Review: 10 Years of Internet History (1994 - 2004).
-She has published 14 research reports tackling Internet, e-commerce, online banking, IT manpower, outsourcing, mobile phone usage, IT adoption developments in the country.
-She regularly conducts training on e-learning, e-mail marketing, Internet advertising, blogging, online payment, website marketing, e-commerce project planning, software process improvement, requirements management, and software project management.
-She is also the founder of the Philippine Internet Commerce Society, where she served as president for 5 years, and lobbied for the passage of the Y2K Law and E-Commerce Law (Republic Act 8792).
Sources:
http://www.digitalfilipino.com/press_article.cfm?id=67
http://www.pinoytechblog.com/about-the-team
http://www.janettetoral.com/bio.html
In 1986, Efren Tercias and James Chua of word text system operated the first FidoNet BBS "STAR BBS" BBS is the first public access in the Philippines, it is also the first-Fil RBBS, goes on-line. It was a 24-hour BBS running. Operated by Dan Angeles and Ed Castaneda, First-Fil was semi-commercial with a P1,000 annual subscription fee.
In 1991-1993, Roberto Verzola's E-mail Center provided e-mai services to the Philippine NGO community by dialing up an NGO network in London.
Also in the same year, Jonathan Marsden's FebNet which was operated by the FAR East Broadcast Network, opened up its private e-mail services to the general public on a subscription basis.
Bonus:
Efren Tercias is presently residing at Makati City, working at MICROPHASE ENTERPRISE COMPANY with his expertise in networking, internet, windows,linux and novell.
source: http://msc.edu.ph/wired/timeline.html
-Angelica De Vera, journ113
Dr. Rodolfo Villarica, known as the Father of Philippine Internet, is the founding president of PHNet, Inc. (Philippine Network Foundation), a consortium of institutions which established and operates the Philippine-wide area computer network with access to Internet called PHNet.
Villarica was instrumental in building the infrastructure that allowed the country to have access to the Internet. PHNet was created in 1993 with the support of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Industrial Research Foundation (IRF). PHNet has since grown considerably to include over 50 different organizations in the major cities in the Philippines
Congressman Jun Verceles, of Catanduanes is known as the resident "geek" in Congress, has earned a reputation as the leading advocate of technological advancement.
He launched in December 1996 the Catanduanes Internet Network (CATNET), the test bed of the RP Government Information Sharing Technology Network or GISTNET. That same year, he proposed to establish a government intranet using the Internet to electronically network the entire Philippine government. Dubbed RPWEB, the Verceles strategy calls for the link-up through local Internet exchanges or network access points of more than 12,000 government offices, local government units and schools nationwide.
Willy Gan is one of the first movers and implementors of the Internet in the Philippines. His actions coupled with that of other key IT leaders sparked the flame that started the Internet revolution here. Gan is on of the founding members of PHNet and chairperson of Mosaic Communications, the first commercial ISP in the Philippines.
His involvement, together with IT luminaries such as Rodolfo Villarica, Dr. William Torres and the others paved the way for both government and private sectors to look more into the possibility of using the Internet to enhance communication. Seeing that the Internet could do so much more, Gan together with William Torres, established the first commercial ISP in mid 1994 and christened it Mosaic Communications. Gan told the Web that they established Mosaic or Mozcom to create the information superhighway in the Philippines. " Their action and the success of Mozcom fueled the entrepreneurial spirit of Filipino businessmen to go on providing Internet access themselves. There are now more than 120 Internet service providers in the Philippines.
Sources:http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/top/gan.htmlhttp://www.google.com
Filipinos who were key to getting the country wired to cyberspace:
Dr. William Bill Torres-He is considered one of the fathers of internet here in the Philippines.
He initiated the first informal dialogue with the US National Science Foundation (NSF) in 1992
to bring the internet here in the Philippines and asked government agencies to sponsor the said project.
In 1996 he was chosen and sent on a Fulbright Hays grant in the United States to continue his graduate degree in computer science and became the first Filipino who earned a Ph.D in ComScie.
In 1986-1992 he was appointed as the managing director of the National Computer Center (NCC) and was the chairman of former Information Technology Coordinating Council which is now the National Information Technology Council or NITC).
Dr. Rodolfo Villarica-He is considered one of the fathers of internet in the Philippines.
He became an instrument in building infrastructures that allowed Philippines to finally have an internet access.
He was appointed as the administrator of the Philnet Project Phase II which aims to make internet an educational tool by providing tremendous information and to let the people around the world communicate with each other through email and chat mode.
He served as the chairman and president of Philippine Network Foundation (Ph-Net) for two years.
He was one of the founding members and the director of the Philippine Service Organization (PISO)
He is now the president and co founder of MosCom Internet and the current executive of the PISO.
Willy Gan -One of the first movers and implementers of internet in the Philippines.
He is one of the founding members of Ph-Net and also became the chair of the Mosaic Communication.
In 1993, he, together with other IT luminaries, designed, planned, and has set-up the Ph-Net.
In 1994, Gan and William Torres founded commercial ISP and christened the Mosaic Communication to create information superhighway in the Phiippines.
Sources:
http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/top/torres.html
http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/drvillarica.html
http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/top/gan.html
Leslie Hayzel Tagala Journalism 113
(August 2,2007)
1. Willy Gan
He is one of the first movers and implementors of the internet in the Philippines. During 1993, he was involved in the planning, designing, and setting up here of PHNet, the first ever Philippine academic network that resides in the internet in which it helps its members to communicate among themselves. Seeing the internet could do so much more, together with William Torres they established the first commercial ISP in mid 1994 and christened it Mosaic Communications ( Mozcom), the information superhighway in the Philippines. This action and the success of Mozcom fueled the entrepreneurial spirit of Filipino businessmen to go on providing internet access themselves.
2. Ken Ilio
He is known as a web pioneer that created a community in the net where �Cyber Pinoys� start to arise since 1994. His outstanding creations are the multi-awarded mega-site Tribung Pinoy (http://www.tribo.org), which is littered with all aspects of Filipino culture, and the first Philippine Web directory, Tanikalang ginto (http://filipinolinks.com) which to this date has remained one of the most comprehensive Filipino Web directories. He was also giving out his Sigay Icon award to the best site of the day since 1995 that has helped promote Filipino Websites. Because of Ilio�s creations of web sites that talk about Filipino cultures, he helps to manage Filipinos who grew up in other country to keep in touch and to know more about their true homeland.
3. William Torres
During 1966; he was chosen and sent on a Fulbright Hays grant to pursue a graduate�s degree in computer science in the U.S. which made him after the first Filipino to obtain a Ph.D. in computer science. Having that kind of attainment, he was appointed as the managing director of the National Computer Center (N.C.C.) and chaired the Information Technology Coordinating Council ( now called the National Information Technology Council or N.I.T.C.).What he and others consider as his greatest contribution in the industry happened in 1992 when he initiated the first informal negotiations with the U.S. National Science Foundation to bring the internet to the Philippines. He was also the first to approach government agencies to sponsor the project.
Source: Toral,J. et.al.( January-February 1999). The Internet�s 10 Most
Influential Filipinos. Retrieved August 1, 2007
From http://www.msc.edu.ph
Three Filipinos who were key to getting the country wired to cyberspace:
1. Joel Disini
In 1989, Joel Disini became the ccTLD Manager for the PH Domain by Jon Postel, generally regarded as the "father of the Internet". This is based on work Mr. Disini accomplished in Silicon Valley as a Networking & Communications Engineer. His product, the Netway, won the 1988 MacUser Editor's Choice for Best Communications Product.
*Joel Disini used to work in Silicon Valley doing networking- and communications-related work. After 9 years in the US, he came to the Philippines in 1989 and is currently the President of the E-Mail Company, one of the first Internet Service Providers in the country.
Why he's influential.
He feels that his greatest contribution to the industry is reaching through the remote places in the country. "We even had Internet access from a Smart Cellphone at the foot of Mt. Kitanglad about 4 years back. Prior to that we were doing Internet access in remote locations via packet-radio. This was used in the early 90s for packet-radio to packet-satellite gateways," Disini says.
[Title: A day in the Life of JOEL DISINI
The man who kicked up a storm in cyberspace is a great benefactor to residents of Botolan, Zambales.
BOTOLAN is a town in Zambales, about 2 hours of road travel after passing Olongapo. This small rural community is proud of its church located in the main town plaza. Santa Monica Church, as the early friars christened it, was carved from coral stones. Very unique indeed.
Last June 16, the town was even prouder, as it became the second recipient of a free e-mail program driven by the people behind PH Domain Foundation, a social outreach arm of the local PH Domain Registry or known to the local Internet community as dotPH. A company spearheaded by Email Company (EMC) founder and the Philippine Domain's one and only registrar, the controversial Joel Disini.
http://www.phdomainfdn.org.ph/news/07012001.html]
2. Fernando Contreras
Fernando Contreras or J.R. as he is fondly called, is an avid fan of long-distance running. "I used to run marathons. The hardest race I did was a 42-Km race... I barely survived." Unofficially retired from the sport, he has traded-in his running shoes for a pair of less comfortable leather moccasins, and his jersey for a business suit. Though feeling stiffer now than during his marat5hon days, he professes that the race he is running right now is much harder, faster and farther. "My sport right now is I.T., and my specialty is the Internet," he said.
Why he's influential.
Compared to his running, Contreras' achievements in the industry have been far from a survival story. Among these are being a founding member and active officer of the Philippine Internet Service Organization (PISO) where he was voted into the board of trustees and as secretary in 1996 and 1998. He was elected as chairman of the local organizing committee for last year's Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies (APRICOT) where he currently serves as a member of the advisory committee. He was also one of the two first Philippine members of the Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC). Currently, he is the general manager and co-founder (together with Miguel Paraz) of IPhil Communications Network, Inc., which claims as the only corporate- specific Internet Service Provider in the country today, Asked on how he viewed the Internet race in the country, Contreras said it is still in a very young age. "Development in local content and infrastructure is very important, and the realization on its power and potential is now being seen by most people."
3. Rodolfo Villarica
Dr. Rodolfo Villarica is the founding president of PHNet, Inc. (Philippine Network Foundation), a consortium of institutions which established and operates the Philippine-wide area computer network with access to Internet called PHNet.
Why he's influential.
Villarica was instrumental in building the infrastructure that allowed the country to have access to the Internet. PHNet was created in 1993 with the support of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Industrial Research Foundation (IRF). Phase 1 linked the DOST, Ateneo de Manila University, De la Salle University, and UP Diliman. The coverage later was enlarged to 10 members, with 64 Kbps leased line connections set up among its members and full access to the Internet established to the US. PHNet has since grown considerably to include over 50 different organizations in the major cities in the Philippines.
See: http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/drvillarica.html
Sources:
http://digitalfilipino.pbwiki.com/
http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/top/villarica.html
http://www.phdomainfdn.org.ph/news/07012001.html
Rodolfo Villarica
Phillipine Network Foundation (PHNet) was created in 1993 with Villarica as the founding president. It is a consortium of institutions which established and operates the Philippine-wide area computer network with access to Internet. The foundation was supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Industrial Research Foundation (IRF). Phase 1 linked the DOST, Ateneo de Manila University, De la Salle University, and UP Diliman. The coverage was later enlarged with 64 Kbps leased line connections set up among its members and full access to the Internet established to the US.
William “Bill” Torres
Torres, the former president and co-founder of MosCom Internet, and his colleagues consider as his greatest contribution in the industry happened in 1992 when he initiated the first informal negotiations with the US National Science Foundation to bring the Internet to the Philippines. He was also the first to approach government agencies to sponsor the project. He is now the current chief executive of the Philippine Internet Service Organization (PISO).
Leandro Verceles Jr.
He is a congressman of Catanduanes first seated in 1992. Known as the resident "geek" in Congress, has earned a reputation as the leading advocate of technological advancement. Thus, he launched in December 1996 the Catanduanes Internet Network (CATNET), the testbed of the RP Government Information Sharing Technology Network or GISTNET. That same year, he proposed to establish a government intranet using the Internet to electronically network the entire Philippine government. Dubbed RPWEB, the Verceles strategy calls for the link-up through local Internet exchanges or network access points of more than 12,000 government offices, local government units and schools nationwide.
Jim Ayson
Jim Ayson, Philippine Regional Directory for Microsoft Developers Network (MSDN), is one of the pioneers of the Philippine Internet industry. Ayson is the creator of PhilMusic.com, the biggest winner in the Philippine Webby Awards, having been adjudged as Best Music Web Site and Web Site of the Year. Ayson is back with W3 Business Communications, an independent consulting business, conducting seminars and speaking engagements in areas related to the Internet.
http://www.msc.edu.ph
Dr. Rodolfo Villarica, known as the Father of Philippine Internet, is the founding president of PHNet, Inc. (Philippine Network Foundation), a consortium of institutions which established and operates the Philippine-wide area computer network with access to Internet called PHNet.
Villarica was instrumental in building the infrastructure that allowed the country to have access to the Internet. PHNet was created in 1993 with the support of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Industrial Research Foundation (IRF). PHNet has since grown considerably to include over 50 different organizations in the major cities in the Philippines
Congressman Jun Verceles, of Catanduanes is known as the resident "geek" in Congress, has earned a reputation as the leading advocate of technological advancement.
He launched in December 1996 the Catanduanes Internet Network (CATNET), the test bed of the RP Government Information Sharing Technology Network or GISTNET. That same year, he proposed to establish a government intranet using the Internet to electronically network the entire Philippine government. Dubbed RPWEB, the Verceles strategy calls for the link-up through local Internet exchanges or network access points of more than 12,000 government offices, local government units and schools nationwide.
Willy Gan is one of the first movers and implementors of the Internet in the Philippines . His actions coupled with that of other key IT leaders sparked the flame that started the Internet revolution here. Gan is on of the founding members of PHNet and chairperson of Mosaic Communications, the first commercial ISP in the Philippines .
His involvement, together with IT luminaries such as Rodolfo Villarica, Dr. William Torres and the others paved the way for both government and private sectors to look more into the possibility of using the Internet to enhance communication. Seeing that the Internet could do so much more, Gan together with William Torres, established the first commercial ISP in mid 1994 and christened it Mosaic Communications. Gan told the Web that they established Mosaic or Mozcom to create the information superhighway in the Philippines . " Their action and the success of Mozcom fueled the entrepreneurial spirit of Filipino businessmen to go on providing Internet access themselves. There are now more than 120 Internet service providers in the Philippines .
Sources:http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/top/gan.htmlhttp://www.google.com
Filipino Roots in Cyberspace
As I was looking for answers for this assignment, I found an article published The Web Philippines January/February 1999 issue, about a survey on the Internet's 10 Influential Filipinos. A personality is considered influential in this field only if he/she: (a) the person has contributed a lot in the development of the Internet usage in the Philippines; (b) the the person must be widely acknowledged as a major influence across a wide spectrum of local Internet users and developers ; (c) and the person is actively playing a role in the development of the Internet in the Philippines.
Towards the end of the survey they found Manny Amador, Jim Ayson, Fernando Contreras, Joel Disini, Willy Gan, Ken Ilio,William Padolina, William Torres, Leandro Verceles Jr., Rodolfo Villarica. I researched on these people and chose three personalities who I think played vital roles in the development of the Internet in our country.
Dr. William (Bill) Torres headed the National Computer Center during Aquino's regime as he was the first Filipino to have a Ph. D. in Computer Science. He is called by his colleagues “The Father of Philippine Internet,” because he was first to informally negotiate with the US National Science Foundation to bring the Internet to the Philippines in 1992. He was also the first person to approach government agencies to sponsor this project, and so here we are, (the Philippines) enjoying the perks of the Internet.
Bill, together with Willy Gan founded the Mosaic Communications, the first commercial ISP in the Philippines. At the present, he is the chief executive of the Philippine Internet Service Organization (PISO), an organization that promotes the development of the Internet in the country and protect firms and private individuals working in the industry.
In 1993, PHNet was created, headed by Dr. Rodolfo Villarica and Willy Gan. PHNet, Inc. is a consortium of institutions that established and operates the Philippine-wide area computer network with access to the PHNet. According to the survey, he was influential in building the infrastructure that allowed the country to have access to the Internet. He is also being called “The Father of the Philippine Internet,” as he was really one of the pioneers of introducing the cyberspace to Philippines with Dr. William Torres, and the late Department of Education secretary Dr. Ricardo Gloria.
Willy Gan, and his involvement with Dr. Bill Torres and Dr. Rodolfo Villarica, paved way for the government and private firms see the help Internet could give to the Philippine communications.
The next personality that I believe is influential is Jim Ayson, who as a communicator, is recognized for being able to share his understandings in the field of Internet. He has given a web orientation seminar in 1994—a time when the technology was not yet known to many. In his words he said, "I don't really view myself as a hard core techie. My main gift I think through the years was an effective communicator who understood enough about technology to demystify it for the everyman."
Jim Ayson is the Philippine Regional Director for Microsoft Developers Network (MSDN). He is currently working with Worldwide Web Consortium or more known as W3 Business Communications as a speaker for seminars and other communication activities.
These are the top three people who I think contributed a lot in the development and growth of the Internet in the Philippines.
Sources:
http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/top/top10.html
http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/top/villarica.html
http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/top/torres.html.
http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/top/ayson.html
http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/top/gan.html
http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/top/verceles.html
http://www.piso.org.ph
NASARRO, JAYFIE P.
http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/top/amador.html
1.Manny Amador – His biggest contribution to the development of Internet in the Philippines was when he exposed the metering scam of the Philippine League for Democratic Telecommunicators, Inc.(PLDTI), and filed a criminal complain against Tonyboy Cojuanco and Simeon Kintanar. He did an awareness campaign about the Internet and the said scam. He also worked hard to make the Internet access such as communication more affordable for the people. He fought against the monopolistic structure in telecommunications and the likes. He was a freelance writer and IT consultant who owns magNET Communications.
*Links:(www.iconn.com.ph/magnet/),(www.xstitch.com.ph),
http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/top/ayson.html
2.Jim Ayson – one of the pioneers of the Philippine Internet industry and the Philippine Regional Directory for Microsoft Developers Network (MSDN). He pioneered the Philippine Cyberspace Review (PH-Cyberview), the mailing system of the country in the Internet that serves as communication for exchanging news and ideas. He also created the PhilMusic.com, judged as best music website and website of the year in 1999. He is part of W3 Business Communications who conducts meeting and seminars engage in Internet-related areas. His vision was to lessen the cost of Internet access so he worked with different NGOs and helped the to create their website, and bring the Internet to the masses at the same time.
http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/top/contreras.html
3.Fernando Contreras – a former marathon racer who called the Internet as the fastest racer in the world. One of the first two Philippine member of the Asia Pacific Information Center (APNIC). Founder and an active leader of the Philippine Internet Service Organization (PISO) where he became secretary in 1996 and 1998. His vision was to see the Philippines in the forefront of the Internet technology. Currently, he is the general manager and co-founder (together with Miguel Paraz) of IPhil Communications Network, Inc., which claims as the only corporate- specific Internet Service Provider in the country.
http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/top/disini.html
4.Joel Disini-In 1989, he returned to the Philippines after working for 9 years in the US as networking and communication-related worked, and currently the President of the E-Mail Company, one of the first Internet Service Providers in the country. He brought the Internet even to the most remote area through the use of Smart Cellular and Pocket Radio in the early 90s. He also managed the 'PH' and indicated the importance of rights and responsibility. His vision was to see the financial book of the government online so that it will be accessible to all citizen so that they will serve as watchdogs. He also hopes to make the election online to and use the technology for more efficient government.
http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/top/gan.html
5.Willie Gan – He was one of the major planner and designer of the first ever academic Internet network in the country called PHNet in 1993. He was involved with IT luminaries such as Rodolfo Villarica, and Dr. William Torres, and they used together with the other IT the said site as their means of communication. He believes that the internet is important in creating information superhighway so together with Torres, they created the Mozcom or Mosaic, the first commercial ISP in mid 1994. In the future, the current data network will eventually dominate all network usage including that of the traditional voice network," says Gan.
http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/top/padolina.html
6.William Padolina-a former secretary of the Department of Science and Technology in the time of FVR, who said that technology is very important in global competitiveness. His aggressive campaign for Internet awareness is his influence in the Philippine Internet where he introduce the use of it in the academe, government and private sector. His vision was to produce highly technological competitive students by bringing the Internet to the masses.
http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/top/verceles.html
7. Leandro Verceles Jr.-known as the resident geek in congress when he became the youngest member of the House of Representative in 1992 representing the lone district of Catanduanes. He sees a high tech tomorrow so he advocated the used of high technology such as Internet in the country. He proposed to interconnect the different part of the country with the use of Internet and launched the Catanduanes Internet Network (CATNET), the testbed of the RP Government Information Sharing Technology Network or GISTNET in December 1996.
by Pacial, Niña
The core of Philippine online community would be the works done by the hobbyists and techies who put their bulletin board systems (BBSes) around the last half of the 1980's. These BBS were "able to link up to each other, allowing callers to send e-mail to other nodes, download and participate in discussion forums". They used a dial-up communication protocol called FidoNet.
Here are some of the people who are responsible for the development of the Internet in the Philippines:
1. Ed Castañeda- in August 1986, together with Dan Angeles, they created the first publicly accessed Bulletin Board System (BBS). The name of their BBS was First-FIL-BBS, which was open 24 hours and was open to the public "but for all others, there was an annual subscription of 1000php"
2. Efren Tercias- together with James Chua created the first BBS in the country running Fido software, using the dial-up protocol FidoNet and in this BBS, people could e-mail each other.
3. Eddie Manalo- the grandson of the founder of the Iglesia ni Cristo, together with Obet Verzola, opened other e-mail services that were funded by NGO's by dialing up a NGO network in London.
4. Dr. William Torres- president of Mosaic Communications, Inc., the first commercial Internet service provider; was the managing director of the National Computer Center (NCC), "a gov't agency that provides support, development, programs and monitors operational activities of IT technology gov't and privately owned"
He was the one who campaigned for the funding of the Internet in the country after meeting with Steve Goldstein, director of the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to come up with the idea for a leased line connection. This happened in January 1992. His efforts were turned down first by Meralco, then by PNB. But with the help of the DOST secretary, they convinced PNB to help in the funding. Also, Dr. Torres with Arnie del Rosario at ADMU were "commisioned to study the possibility of creating an academic/research network that would consist of universities and gov't institutions.
sources:
http://www.info.com.ph/~chinwong/RP%20marks%207th%20year.html
http://www.ncc.gov.ph
http://www.mozcom.com
NG, MA. LOIS EUDORA C.
JOURN 113
1.RODOLFO VILLARICA [FATHER OF PHILIPPINE INTERNET]
He is the founding president of PHNet, Inc. (Philippine Network Foundation),a consortium of institutions which established and operates the Philippine-wide area computer network with access to
Internet called PHNet (PHNet was the first project to leverage on the Internet for its members to communicate among themselves). He is also a founding member of PISO, Philippine Internet Service Organization. He contributed to the implementation of the project that allows internet access in the philippines, together with DOST and IRF.
2. DR. WILLIAM TORRES [(Gran)Father of Philippine Internet]
Torres is the president and co-founder of MosCom Internet (together with Dr. William Gan). He is also the current chief executive of the Philippine Internet Service Organization (PISO). He proposed the to the internet in 1992. proposed connecting to the Internet as early as 1992. He approached former Department of Science and Technology Secretary Ricardo Gloria, who later agreed to fund this initiative putting Dr. Rodolfo Villarica in charge. This led to the creation of PH-Net. Internet-based email was already available at this time.
3. WILLIAM GAN
Gan is one of the first movers and implementors of the Internet in the Philippines. His actions coupled with that of other key IT leaders sparked the flame that started the Internet revolution here. Gan is on of the founding memebers of PHNet and chairperson of Mosaic Communications, the first commercial ISP in the Philippines.
Sources:
The Internet's 10 Most Influential Filipinos William Torres http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/top/torres.html
Dr. Rodolfo Villarica, Father of Internet in the Philippines
By smbea mabelle@msc.net.ph; http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/drvillarica.html
The Internet's 10 Most Influential Filipinos Willy Gan http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/top/gan.html
http://www.inquirerbloggers.net/atplay/2007/03/16/father-of-philippine-internet-recounts-birth-of-cyberspace-in-rp/
http://philippineinternetreview.blogspot.com/2007/01/dr-william-torres-and-philippine.html
1. William (Willy) Gan is considered the one of the first movers and implementers of internet here in the Philippines. He is one of the founding members of PHNet, a foundation which aimed to link the Philippines around the world through net. Along with other members, they opened the idea of Internet development in our country. His involvement in PHNet is believed to have introduced Internet Revolution in the country. Soon after, he also became the chairperson for Mosaic Communications, the first commercial ISP (Internet Service Provider) in the Philippines.
2. Rodolfo Villarica was the founding member of the PHNet, which, as mentioned earlier, had provided a wide-area network access to Internet. He is considered as one of the Fathers of the Internet here.
Why were they so important? Why was their project or foundation significant? Because, their goal had catered to the people�s needs for information and connection not just in the local setting but worldwide. As Villarica had stated, �PHNet's mission is to provide Internet access to 2000 schools by the year 2000 with the best Internet infrastructure at the lowest possible cost. Using the Internet as an educational tool and resource in upgrading the Philippine human resource development to global competitiveness constitute PHNet's major contribution to the country's IT sector growth."
Access to internet for educational purposes had indeed made learning a little easier and less complicated, especially that Internet is becoming a most widely used medium here in the Philippines. If they hadn�t introduced or upgraded Internet access here, then we could have been confined to the traditional means which can demand so much of our time and effort.
3. William (Bill) Torres is the President and Co- founder of Mosaic Communications (MozCom). MozCom offers domestic roaming, and is the first to offer international roaming through their iPass. The primary goal then of their project was to offer connectivity to individual and corporate users. (http://www.mozcom.com/company/profile.html) Torres is also the current chief executive of the Philippine Internet Service Organization (PISO). He held other positions like being the managing director of the National Computer Center (NCC) and chaired the Information Technology Coordinating Council (now called the National Information Technology Council or NITC).
Exposing your country to information and communication is of great help, especially in reaching out to other countries that could possibly help us in other matters like business. He was right when he said that developing our Internet here should not wait, because our generation and upcoming other generations will benefit much on this. Being involved in this computer age, developing the resources will really help make information and communication access easier.
sources:
http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/top/villarica.html
http://www.mozcom.com/company/profile.html
http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/top/torres.html
Charise C. Bautista
Rodolfo Villarica is considered one of the Fathers of Internet in the Philippines. He is the founding president of PHNet, Inc. PHNet is one of the first Philippine-wide computer networks. Phase I project of PHNet connected DOST with UP Diliman, Ateneo de Manila, and La Salle University. PHNet, with the help of DOST and the Industrial Research Foundation, expanded its coverage from the three major universities to 10 members with full access to the internet in the US. He remains a member of the PISO's Board of Trustees and its Vice Chairman.
William Torres, also considered as one of the Fathers of Internet in the Philippines, was president and co-founder of Moscom Internet. He is also the first Filipino to acquire a Ph.D in Computer Science when he was given a Fulbright Hays grant in the US. He commenced the first formal negotiations with the US National Science Foundation to bring the internet in the Philippines in 1992. He is current CEO of the Philippine Internet Service.
William Padolina contributed greatly to the internet revolution in the Philippines because he was one of the first who recognized and advanced its role in nation building. He thought that with the academe, government, and private sector working together to have internet access, it can be a vital instrument for global competitiveness. And as DOST secretary, he supported the PHNet Phase I project in 1993.
Jim Ayson is one of the pioneers of the Philippine Internet Industry. He is the creator of PhilMusic.com, the biggest winner in the recently held Philippine Webby Awards. He spearheaded the largest and most active mailing list in the country, the Philippine Cyberspace Review (PH-Cyberview), which is slowly gaining ground as the prime medium of communication and exchange of news and ideas among Filipinos in the industry.Ayson is active in writing stuff about the internet,IT Journalism. He used to write for the Metropolitan Computer Times and then in PC Digest where He used to have a column, Ayson Chronicles. He is the Philippine Regional Directory for Microsoft Developers Network (MSDN).
Jim Ayson is now involved in web design and development, back with W3 Business Communications, an independent consulting business, conducting seminars and speaking engagements in areas related to the Internet, which he has always been known for from the start.Jim Ayson is the administrator of TALK@PhilMusic the online home of the Pinoy Musician.
talk.philmusic.com/board/index.php?action=profile;u=13199,www.msc.edu.ph/wired/jimayson.html,www.msc.edu.ph/wired/top/ayson.html
Dr. Rodolfo Villarica is the founding president of PHNet, Inc. (Philippine Network Foundation), a consortium of institutions which established and operates the Philippine-wide area computer network with access to Internet called PHNet. He was a chemical engineer. He’s been mainly a user of computers since 1978 when he bought his first Apple II. He was Chairman and President of PHNet for two years and passed on the mantle of management to Mr. Anthony L. Abaya, who today still heads it as Chairman and CEO, with Bombim Cadiz as president. He remained a Trustee of the Board and its Vice Chairman.
He is the founding member and director of PISO, the Philippine Internet Service Organization. He’s been supporting their position against phone metering.
http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/drvillarica.html,www.msc.edu.ph/wired/top/villarica.html
Joel Disini is a graduate of the California Institute of Technology, he started an ISP called EMC way back 1989 and along with that initialized Internet connectivity as fast as Davao and Bukidnon.He used to work in Silicon Valley doing networking- and communications-related work. After staying in the US for 9 yeras, he came to the Philippines in 1989 and is currently the President of the E-Mail Company, one of the first Internet Service Providers in the country.
He is known for managing the PH domain, it is a SEC-registered Internet-based non-stock, non-profit organization seeking to provide free unlimited email service to people in remote rural areas towards the upliftment of the quality of life in these communities. He feels that his greatest contribution to the industry is reaching through the remote places in the country. They are also doing internet access in remote locations via packet radio.
www.msc.edu.ph/wired/top/disini.html,http://www.phdomainfdn.org.ph/news/07012001.html
The Backbones of RP Cyberspace
William Torres
Dr. William “Bill” Torres (the first Filipino Ph.D. degree holder of Computer Science because of a Fulbright grant to study in the US), as managing director of the National Computer Center, first proposed to set up an Internet connection for the country at the start of the 90s. He set up the initial meetings with executives of the US Internet industry and worked for the initial funding for the PHNet project by DOST. This eventually led to the formation of a non-profit consortium of Philippine universities and government agencies known as PHNet. The Philippine Internet community officially recognized him as the "Grandfather of the Philippine Internet" for his contributions to its establishment. He is currently the president of the Philippine Internet Service Organization (PISO).
Rodolfo Villarica
Dr. Rodolfo Villarica is the founding president of PHNet, Inc. (Philippine Network Foundation), a consortium of institutions which established and operates the Philippine-wide area computer network with access to Internet called PHNet. He was instrumental in building the infrastructure that allowed the country to have access to the Internet. PHNet was created in 1993 with the support of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Industrial Research Foundation (IRF). Phase 1 linked the DOST, Ateneo de Manila University, De la Salle University, and UP Diliman. The coverage later was enlarged to 10 members, with 64 Kbps leased line connections set up among its members and full access to the Internet established to the US. PHNet has since grown considerably to include over 50 different organizations in the major cities in the Philippines. He is regarded as the "Father of Philippine Internet".
Dr. Willy Gan
Dr. Gan is one of the founding members of PHNet and chairperson of Mosaic Communications, the first commercial ISP in the Philippines. His involvement, together with IT luminaries such as Rodolfo Villarica, Dr. William Torres and the others paved the way for both government and private sectors to look more into the possibility of using the Internet to enhance communication. Seeing that the Internet could do so much more, Gan together with William Torres, established the first commercial ISP in mid 1994 and opened Mosaic Communications (Moscom Internet) “in order to create the information superhighway in the Philippines.” He was the head of Moscom until July 2001 when he died because of cancer.
"What used to be enjoyed only by a few big cities in the country can now be encountered in the countryside because of Internet connectivity." -Dr. Willy Gan
Philippine Network Foundation, Inc. http://www.ph.net/about.htm
Dekada. Ten Years of Philippine Cyberspace http://web.archive.org/web/19980123140715/www.bbs.org.ph/history/rp_net.html
Wired! Philippines. http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/
1. Dr. Rodolfo Villarica
- dr rodolfo villarica is dubbed as the father of the Philippine Internet. He used his first computer in 1978, an apple II. He founded the PHNet or the Philippine Network Foundation company, which is the first ever Philippine Academic Network that resides in the internet in 1993. on march 15, 2007, he was a speaker on the 5th National E Commerce Congress and exhibit, which celebrated the 13th anniversary of the Philippine Internet.
2. Dr. William Torres
- Dr Torres says that he has been there even at the beginning of Philippine Internet. He founded the MosCom ISP and was the first filipino to earn a Ph. D. in Computer Science in 1992. he was the one who negotiated with the US National Science Foundation to bring internet to the country when he served as DOST secretary during the Aquino administration. Today, Dr. Torres is an advocate of modernizing the electoral system.
3. Willy Gan
-Dr. Villarica may be the brains, Dr. Torres may be the guts, but WIlly Gan was the machinery behind the Philippine Internet. He co-founded MosCom with Dr. Torres, and is considered as one of the most important mover and implementor of internet in the country. He also founded the Mosaic Company, one of the first, if not the first commercial ISP in the country.
sources:
inq.net
pcij.org
cnn.com
msc.edu.ph
From Carlo Dumo:
CARLA, You're doing the same error as Sheba.
William Torres- President and co-founder of MosCom Internet and is also the current chief executive of the Philippine Internet Service Organization. He initiated the first informal negotiations with the US National Science Foundation to bring Internet to the Philippines and also was the first to ask the government to sponsor the project.
Rodolfo Villarica- He is the founding president of PHNet, Inc. (Philippine Network Foundation). He was instrumental in building the infrastructure that enabled the country to have access to the internet.
William Padolina- is the current Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology. Padolina believed that technology management will play a role in global competitiveness and he launched a staunch campaign to further this. This campaign consequently enriched technology and Internet awareness in the government sector. Because of this there became a collaboration between several sectors for the growth of the Internet as a tool to become globally competitive.
From Sheba Espino:
SHEBA, Don't post a link. Send a comment. I had to copy and paste several emails to put together your answer below.
1.Jim Ayson: The Philippine Regional Director for Microsoft Developers Network and also the creator of PhilMusic.com. He is influential in Philippine internet history because he helped raise awareness by giving one of the first web seminars in 1994.
He is currently working with W3 Business Communications.
2.Joel Disini: He used to work in the Silicon Valley but is now in the Philippines and is currently the President of the E-Mail Company, one of the first Internet Service Providers in the Philippines.
He is considered one of the pioneers of Philippine internet because he was responsible for bringing internet to remote places in the Philippines. He is also known for managing the PH domain.
3.Willy Gan: One of the founding members of PHNet and Chairperson of Mosaic Communications, the first commercial ISP in the Philippines. He was involved in the planning & setting up of PHNet, the first academic network online.
1.Carlos Miguel Alvarez Paraz - simply known as "Migs" to friends, is one of the historians of the Philippine Internet. He has been involved in the technical directions of the local Internet scene since nearly its commercial beginnings in 1995. He is well-educated in contemporary Internet and software technology matters and can provide analyses of the subject. He has spoken about the Philippine Internet in foreign conferences on both the user and the technical/operational perspective.
He has been in the local Internet industry since 1995 - nearly the beginning. He’s been programming for fun since 1987, and for work since 1995. He’s interested in software development - Enterprise Java and “web 2.0″ at the moment, content and search engines, Linux and open source, and a whole lot of other things.
His current professional work is in mobile network applications, telecoms and their integration with the Web and IP networks.
2.Daniel O. Escasa - has had over 20 years experience in IT (he claims he was a child prodigy) in various capacities -- teacher, developer, and writer. He still considers himself a student of IT, however, because "you can never stop learning, else your knowledge not only stagnates, but actually deteriorates." His latest toy is operating systems -- he's tried out BeOS and various flavors of Linux, and has used OS/2, OpenBSD, and his current flame FreeBSD 4.7.
3.Ike Ma. Suarez
Is among the pioneers of the Philippine IT press, having covered the country's information and communications technology scene since October 1991. As such, he specializes in the social and political impact of ICT in the country. He began as senior writer of Metropolitan Computer Times, the Philippines' very first computer trade publication. He is today managing editor of Philippine IT Update and the technology news stringer of the Manila bureau of Agence France Presse.
4.Ms. Janette Toral, the leading Internet personality in the Philippines and the owner of the widely popular Digital Filipino is spearheading the project along with highly distinguished editors and writers from the academe, business circles and the IT community.
DigitalFilipino.com is the Philippines' top research portal that chronicles, educates, and gives various perspectives on Philippine Internet industry developments.
Ms. Toral also founded the Philippine Internet Commerce Society in 1997 and was instrumental in lobbying for the passage of the country's Y2K Law and E-Commerce Law.
Sources:
http://www.softrigger.com
http://www.inquirerbloggers.net/
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From Vhon Estillero:
This entry is all direct quotation for my sources are already in layman's term and i could'nt rephrase it in an easier way.
History of internet:
Circa 1986
**Efren Tercias and James Chua of Wordtext Systems operated the first FidoNet BBS, "STAR BBS"
August 1986
**The first public access Philippine BBS, First-Fil RBBS, goes on- line. It was a 24-hour BBS running RBBS v.14 on an XT clone and a 1200 bps modem. Operated by Dan Angeles and Ed Castañeda, First-Fil was semi-commercial with a P1,000 annual subscription fee
Circa 1987
**The First Philippine BBS network was established. This was based on FidoNet protocols.
**Philippine FidoNet Exchange, composed of several BBSes in Metro Manila was formed.
Circa 1991 - 1993
**Presence of e-mail gateways to the Internet
**Establishment of local and international E-Mail to FidoNet users
**Access to local and international message forums, which are very much like newsgroups
**Multinational companies such as Intel, Motorola, Digital, Texas Instrument, NEC, etc.) have their own networks which allowed them to send e-mail either through a direct Internet connection, X.25, or via UUCP.
**Others such as ETPI, Philcom and PLDT ran commercial X.25 networks. This allowed subscribers to connect to AT&T Mail, MCI Mail, and CompuServe and send mail to the Internet. Since X.25 was expensive, not everyone could afford this service.
**The E-Mail Company owned by Joel Disini provided e-mail services to corporate accounts via X.25 and Applelink gateways
**Roberto Verzola's E-Mail Center provided e-mail services to the Philippine NGO community by dialing up an NGO network in London.
**Jonathan Marsden's FebNet which was operated by the Far East Broadcast Network, opened up its private e-mail services to the general public on a subscription basis.
Circa 1990
**A committee headed by Arnie del Rosario of Ateneo de Manila University was commissioned by the National Computer Center (NCC) under Dr. William Torres to study the possibility of creating an academic/research network that would consist of universities and government institutions. Although recommendations were made, the project did not materialize.
June 1993
**The Department of Science and Technology convened a Technical Committee w/ representatives from DOST, Ateneo de Manila University, de la Salle University, University of the Philippine Diliman and University of the Philippines Los Baños
July 1993
**Phase I of the Philnet Project provided a limited electronic facility involving DOST, ADMU, DLSU and UPD and a dial-up to Australia's Victoria University of Technology from ADMU
November 1993
**Phase II of the Philnet Project whereine a grant-in-aid of P12.5M was disposed for the use of PCASTRD-DOST and the Industrial Research Foundation (IRF)
March 1994
**University of the Philippines Diliman, Ateneo de Manila University, de la Salle University and the University of San Carlos became part of the network that became first connected to the Internet via CISCO 7000 in Makati
March 29, 1994
**The first Philippine link to the Internet at the first International E- mail conference in USC, Cebu
April 1994
**The Advance Science and Technology Institute (ASTI) under the DOST, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the University of Santo Tomas (UST) joined PHNet
April 13, 1994
**The PHnet Basic Principles and the Internet Code of Conduct were established
May 1994
**The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) and the DOST central office joined PHNet
June 1994
**Mosaic Communications (MozCom) became the first commercial Internet Service Provider (ISP) in the Philippines
October 1994
**The Industrial Research Foundation (IRF), Philippine Network Foundation, Inc. (PFI), Saint Louis University in Baguio (SLU) and Xavier University (XU) became a part of PHNet
December 10, 1994
**The Network Assistance Group (NAG) was established to provide assistance to ISPs & member nodes
March 1995
**Republic Act 7925, known as the Public Telecommunications Act of the Philippines, was passed. This allowed telecom companies offering value added services to operate without a congressional franchise.
June 1995
**Mindanao State University (MSU), the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Asian Institute of Management (AIM), and PDX became connected to PHNet
June - August 1995
**Establishment of commercial ISPs such as IBM Philippines, Globe Telecom's G-Net, Infocom's Sequel.Net, Iphil Communications, and Tridel Net
**Establishment of Commercial Online services such as Virtual Asia and Cybernet Live, which later evloved into ISPs
Circa 1996
**Entry of foreign ISPs in the Philippines such as Asia Online, a HongKong-based online service, and Pacific Internet, a Singapore-based ISP that acquired Philworld
**Bayantel and Sky Internet teamed up to provide the United Network Access (UNA)
**The Philippine Internet Services Organization (PISO) was established
January 1996
**Epicnet, Mail and GSI went online
June 1996
**Connected to Cisco 7000 in Makati: Cebu, Zamboanga, Sorsogon, Davao, Bacolod, Legaspi, Naga
Late 1996
**Establishment of the Philippine Internet Exchange (PHIX)
Circa 1997
**The International Data Corporation (IDC) estimated that there were approximately 85,000 Internet users in the Philippines in 1997
**T1 (1.5 mbps) and E1 (2.048 mbps) connections to US Net providers became more commonplace
**Global roaming networks allowed subscribers of local ISPs to access Net services abroad and be billed locally
**ABS-CBN went online through its ABS-CBN Interactive Web site, as well as GMA Network by tying up with Webquest and coming up with GMANetwork.com
**Major broadsheets such as Businessworld Online, Manila Bulletin, Philippine Star, Manila Times and the Philippine Daily Inquirer went online
**Philippine cybermags sprung up: 1969, Internet World Philippines, The Web Philippines and Link
**Establishment of Philippine Network Information Center/Infrastructure Consortium (PHNIC), Philippine Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-PH), and user groups such as PhilJUG (java) , PhilPlug (Linux), ISiP (Internet Society of the Philippines), APRICOT (Asia-Pacific Region Internet Conference on Operating Technology)
August 1997
**There were 1090 PH domains
source: The Unofficial Philippines Internet Timeline. Available from http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/timeline.html. Accessed on August 02, 2007.
Prominent People
Rodolfo Villarica- the founding president of PHNet, Inc. (Philippine Network Foundation), a consortium of institutions which established and operates the Philippine-wide area computer network with access to Internet called PHNet.
He also aided in the construction of the infrastructure that enabled Internet access in the country.
Joel Disini- he used to work in Silicon Valley doing networking- and communications-related work. After 9 years in the US, he came to the Philippines in 1989 and is currently the President of the E-Mail Company, one of the first Internet Service Providers in the country.
Willy Gan- one of the first movers and implementors of the Internet in the Philippines. His actions coupled with that of other key IT leaders sparked the flame that started the Internet revolution here. Gan is on of the founding memebers of PHNet and chairperson of Mosaic Communications, the first commercial ISP in the Philippines. In 1993, he was involved in the planning, designing and setting up here of PHNet.
source: The Internet'sTop Ten most Influential.Available from http://www.msc.edu.ph/wired/top/gan.html. Accessed on august 08, 2007.
I came across your site as I was "googling" myself in the internet and felt elated to find myself nominated by some of you who considered me as one of the key people to introduce internet in the Philippines.
Thank you very much for your recognition.
For an updated information about myself, I am currently connected with MicroPhase, a computer reseller, based in Makati. I also have a regular radio program, "Journey to Discovery" being aired at DZEM 954Khz 7:00am on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and 3:00pm on Saturdays discussing the latest in variouse technology such as space, robotics, automobile and information technology. Convergence TV program of NET25 also invites me as guest from time to time to discuss trends in technology.
Again, thank you very much to all of you!
Efren Tercias
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