Globe Telecom

Globe pleaded anew with the DPWH as two separate incidents have again caused the loss of Globe mobile services and affected broadband and enterprise circuits in some parts of Northern Luzon and Mindanao last week.

Globe Telecom said it expanded its LTE coverage across the country by deploying additional 934 LTE sites using the 700MHz, 2600 MHz, and 1800 MHz frequencies in the first quarter of the year including Jolo, Tawi-Tawi, and Batanes.

Globe Telecom has officially launched its online learning site to reach more entrepreneurs by giving them an easy access to lessons and insights from industry experts anytime and anywhere.

Globe Telecom said it has started discussions with independent third parties for the establishment of a tower company to accelerate the building and deployment of cellular towers in the Philippines.

Telecommunications firm PLDT is not too keen about sharing its cellular towers with competitors, especially since this may open the door for just any new industry player to use them in their network rollout.

Bongao is the capital of Tawi-Tawi with 35 barangays and a population of 100,257 people.

The average user in the Philippines has increased their use of illegal streaming websites by 74% between 2016 and 2017.

Globe Telecom said its mobile data traffic reached 600 petabytes in 2017, while rival Smart Communications reportedly posted 275 petabytes.

Globe Telecom said it has completed its system refresh and opted out 100% of its customers with prepaid or postpaid VAS (value-added service) subscriptions.

LTE speeds on Smart have continued to ratchet up over the last year while those on Globe have been relatively stagnant, according to the test results.