Fiber broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions has extended free fiber connectivity to more than 70 Revenue District Offices (RDO) nationwide of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to support the electronic filing of the Annual Income Tax Return (AITR) and payment of taxes due this tax filing season.
Fiber broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. has completed fiber-powering the country’s main gateway, the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), as it deployed free public WiFi at NAIA Terminal 1 and 2.
Converge introduced its prepaid brand S2S, aiming to extend the capabilities of fiber to the masses, which comprises approximately 9.3 million households.
onverge ICT trumped its broadband rivals Globe and PLDT as it registered net additional residential subscribers of 284,000 for its fiber plans last year, the biggest fiber net adds in the industry during the period.
Converge CEO and co-founder Dennis Anthony Uy will talk about how fiber technology helped uplift broadband connectivity in the Philippines at the forum of optical fiber company Yangtze Optical Fiber and Cable (YOFC), entitled “All Optical Connectivity with New Value”.
The company’s flagship FiberX 1500 plan now has 300 Mbps, an upgrade from 200 Mbps. Converge previously upgraded the plan in June 2022 from 50 Mbps to 100 Mbps, and again in November 2022 from 100 Mbps to 200 Mbps.
According to the monthly measure produced by Netflix -- recording which ISPs provide the best prime time Netflix streaming experience -- Converge ranked No. 1 with a speed of 3.0 Mbps in December 2023, together with a local service provider.
Fiber broadband firm Converge ICT and wireless operator Dito Telecommunity pulled off a surprise on Thursday, Jan. 11, when they announced in a press event in Taguig City that they have signed a “landmark” agreement that will allow the two companies to share select terrestrial and submarine fiber-optic cable assets.
