MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines is the second “overperformer” in readiness for frontier technology use, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), citing a global report, said Tuesday.
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s (UNCTAD) Technology and Innovation Report 2021 provides a “country readiness index” in the use of frontier technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), big data, blockchain, 3D printing, robotics, drones, gene editing, 5G, nanotechnology and solar photovoltaics (PV).
While the Philippines ranked 57th globally, the country placed second in terms of “overperformance” behind India. Ukraine, Vietnam, and China are also in the top five.
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The report states that “the over performance of a nation is measured by the difference between the actual index ranking and the estimated index ranking based on per capita income.”
DICT Secretary Gregorio B. Honasan II welcomed the report.
