07 June 2016-Despite his full schedule, Amb. Antonio A. Morales dropped by the Philippine booth at CommunicAsia 2016 on 03 June 2016 to lend support to the nine (9) Filipino start-up companies who joined the international event held at the Marina Bay Sands from May 31 to June 3, 2016. The Philippine delegation was led by the Information and Communications Technology Office of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-ICT Office), with assistance from the Philippine Trade and Investment Center (PTIC)-Singapore of the Philippine Embassy.
The Philippines was one of the 200 exhibitors from 50 countries showcasing cutting edge ICT products and services ranging from 3D Printing, 5G/4G/LTE, Augmented Reality and Innovations, Content Delivery Network (CDN), embedded technology, infrastructure & network solutions, internet of things), IPTV(Internet Protocol television), M2M (machine to machine), mobile cloud, satellite communications and services, mobile broadband devices, smart home devises and systems, sustainable ICT, wearables & Apps, wireless technologies, among others.