The Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI) is an attached agency of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). With the identification of ICT as a tool to help carve the country’s niche in the global scene, ASTI as one of the government’s focal agency for R&D in ICT and Microelectronics, has been mandated to undertake long-term researches to strengthen and modernize the Philippine’s science and technology infrastructure; conduct R&D work in the advanced fields of studies; and complement the overall endeavor in the scientific field with intensive activities in the computer and information technologies.
DOST-ASTI also manages Philippine Research Education and Government Information Network (PREGINET) as the only national research education network (NREN) in the Philippines and the Philippine Open Internet Exchange (PhOpenIx) as the only neutral IX in the country.