Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) OIC-Secretary Eliseo M. Rio Jr. and Japan Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) Director General Seiji Takagi signed today the Memorandum of Cooperation between the DICT and the MIC signifying Japan’s commitment to extend Technical Assistance to the Philippines’ National Broadband Plan. Following the Memorandum of Cooperation signed on March 31, 2017 between MIC and DICT in the Field of Information and Communications Technology, both parties agreed to continue their cooperation on the improvement of broadband infrastructure in the Philippines through the conduct of pre-surveys and facilitating access to ICT.