President Marcos dubbed Philippine Domestic Submarine Cable Network (PDSCN), the longest and highest capacity domestic submarine fiber cable network in the Philippines, as a "game changer."

Marcos said it is a game changer that allows the Philippines to be at par with its more advanced peers in today’s technology-driven global marketplace.

It will be able to provide faster internet and more efficient digital services to Filipinos located in both urban and rural areas of the country, he said.

It is also expected to help facilitate the government's efforts to digitalize public data and government services.

"The project that you initiated, and meticulously completed without much fanfare, is truly a game changer in the Philippines’ quest to be amongst equals in terms of internet interconnectivity and digital transformation," the President said as he was commending InfiniVAN and its partners—Globe Telecom and Eastern Telecommunications—for completing the "impressive project."

"With this project, we will be able to better position our country as an even more attractive destination for technology-centric businesses such as hyperscale data centers and AI computing," he added.

Marcos led the lighting up ceremony of the PDSCN on Thursday night in Makati City.

Spanning approximately 2,500 kilometer, the PDSCN is an undersea fiber optic backbone network infrastructure that connects Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, with touch points in 21 provinces, starting from Quezon to Zamboanga.

It is a $150 million joint-build project, and is intended to be usable by other service providers, who are not project proponents, in an Open Network teaming arrangement.

InfiniVAN is an affiliate of Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed IPS, Inc. (TSE:4390). InfiniVAN was granted a telecommunications franchise by the Congress of the Philippines in 2016, under R.A. 10898, and is authorized by the National Telecommunica;ons Commission (NTC) to provide broadband services nationwide.

Aside from the private sector, Marcos also attributed the realization of the project to the long-standing friendship of the Philippines and Japan.

"It is also a testament not only to Japanese ingenuity and technological advancement that we strive to emulate, but also to the strong bonds of friendship that connect our two countries forever," he said.

"Again, we would like to thank you for choosing to do business in our country and for making possible the much-needed high technology transfer that will allow us to be at par with our more advanced peers in today’s technology-driven global marketplace," he added.

In his speech, the Chief Executive also reiterated that the government supports public-private sector investment, and it is committed to promoting ease of doing business to facilitate the establishment of critical infrastructure in telecommunications