History of Philippine Internet

CONTENT EVOLUTION

Content Evolution Communities and Events E-Commerce

DISCUSSION OUTLINE:

1980’s- 1994

• earliest cyberspace content was text-based.

• slow links (300 bps)

• Bulletin board systems wereOriented towards files containingFree text information.

Compuserve and America Online eventually set-up Manila access numbers for their services.

1980’s- 1994

1993

- The E-mail Company launches “the First Online Content Service”

1994

Portal Inc. (http://www.portalinc.com) served as the beginnings of an ISP service.

1995- 1996

1995

Cebu Province ( Cebu City) went online

Ayala Corporation and other companies also went online

1996

Public interest on the net- rise of Internet publications

Internet censorship starts

Among gov’t and legislators

1997

Yehey – the country’s most prominent search engine or directory was founded.

Print- media newspapers went online.

Pinoycentral (abs-cbn INTERACTIVE) and GMA Network started deploying content online

History of Philippine Internet

COMMUNITIES AND EVENTS

1986-1994

BBS Community was formed online.

Offered private messaging and message boards

1988

The first email sent from the first live internet connection was done by the Scientific Community

(Science and technology Advisory Council)

1996- 1998

Growth of various ISP’s

- - Sky Internet via IRC

2001

Blogs and online journals became common. Online games became available with local

servers.

2003

Level Up games Licenses the Oz World and Ragnarok online.

History of Philippine Internet

E-COMMERCE

1989

E-mail company administers the PH domain

1996

- Philippine Internet Commerce Society (PICS) was formed to advocate e-commerce.

Internet banking starts via Urban Bank

1999

AUCTION sites flourish: PinoyCentral, PinoyAuctions, etc.

2000

Republic Act 8792- E-Commerce Law was signed into Law…june 14, 2000.

B2B exchanges started operating via Bayantrade.com