To ensure that Filipinos have access to accurate and up-to-date information in the midst of the Covid-19 community quarantine, wireless operators Smart Communications and Globe Telecom have deployed free WiFi connectivity in hospitals and transport hubs.
To help people get correct and up-to-date information on Covid-19, Smart Communications has made access to DOH websites free while Globe and TM customers who subscribed to KonsultaMD may now get in touch with a doctor via the 79880 telehealth hotline without incurring mobile call charges.
Local operator Globe Telecom said it has successfully completed what is said was the first-ever international 5G video call in the country with the 5G mobile network of AIS Thailand.
Florida-based Syniverse was chosen as the mobile number portability service provider (MNPSP) after a rigorous technical and commercial evaluation process, the telcos revealed.
Globe will provide free Wi-Fi access via GoWiFi to 27 barangay health centers, inside the Makati City Hall and University of Makati as part of the memorandum of agreement.
The number 7 has now been added at the beginning of the Globe At Home landline numbers and Duo numbers and the number 3 has been added to Bayan landline numbers.
Mobile metrics firm Opensignal has released its latest report analyzing the mobile network experience of the two operators in the Philippines -- at a national level and across 19 provinces.
