At a virtual hearing conducted by the House ICT committee on Friday, Nov. 27, the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) sought the help of Congress to require gated subdivisions to provide utility areas for telco infrastructure such as cell towers.
Under the “financial care program”, Globe postpaid and broadband subscribers may be given options to lower their plan, disconnect their account temporarily, or transfer the ownership, among others.
Globe also announced that the partnership will pave the way for Pacquio's upcoming fights to be made exclusively available for streaming live in the Philippines on the Internet through the Upstream video-on-demand platform.
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.
