
PLDT, Globe report huge growth in revenues due to wireless data
PLDT-Smart said it is now number one in wireless data traffic and in data users.
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PLDT-Smart said it is now number one in wireless data traffic and in data users.
After first deploying it in areas ravaged by Typhoon Quinta, Globe Telecom has rolled out its WiFi Jeepney anew to serve areas that were hit by Typhoon Rolly.
Mobile metrics firm Opensignal has reported that its users have seen significant improvements in all five Philippine regions between Q4 2018 and Q3 2020 for Mobile Video Experience, Download Speed Experience, Latency Experience and 4G Availability.
With newly listed fiber broadband provider Converge ICT publicly declaring it will seek to deploy the country’s most extensive fiber network, local telcos PLDT and Globe Telecom have disclosed significant investments to expand their own fiber infrastructure.
Dubbed as the “first-in-the-market innovation”, the Share&Surf249 promo comes with a 20GB data allocation that can be shared by up to four people and devices.
Globe Telecom said on Tuesday, Oct. 20, that residents of Acropolis Greens subdivision in Quezon City may experience telecom service degradation after its homeowners association rejected the company’s plan to install a cell tower inside the exclusive village.
Globe is deploying school buses equipped with special antennas that will broadcast WiFi signal in selected areas of Manila.
In Metro Manila and Rizal, Globe said it is set to build at least 319 cell sites while in North Luzon at least 100 sites are in the pipeline with Bulacan, Pampanga, and Pangasinan topping the 15 provinces with the most builds.