A construction of a single cell tower may take from six to 22 weeks depending on its design and location. For residents without a job, six to 22 weeks of steady source of livelihood makes a big difference in their desire to put food on the table for their loved ones, Globe said.
Due to the lockdown, Filipino mobile users are spending more time in locations where the network infrastructure does not normally support such large numbers of users.
At least 15% of the Globe’s over 8,000 employees have been working in the frontline as critical skeleton force since the beginning of lockdown and an additional 5% are returning to their posts as the company starts reopening its stores and fielding more field personnel.
Globe Telecom has been given the go-signal by the government to install cell sites in LRT2 stations while Metro Manila is under the Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ) due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Globe Telecom said LGUs and homeowner associations are the major reasons why the Philippines suffers from having very low site density compared to other countries.
Globe Telecom announced on Friday, April 17, that it has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the assets of US-based cloud computing company Cascadeo for $4 million (about P203 million).
Local telcos PLDT-Smart and Globe Telecom both announced on Sunday, March 15, that they are giving their postpaid subscribers a 30-day extension for payment of their bills.
