CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The National Telecommunications Commission in Northern Mindanao (NTC-10) is eyeing to include the power lines in the underground cable development here as part of resolving the ‘spaghetti wires’ or overlapping wires and cables along the major streets in this city. The...
Globe Telecom Inc., Eastern Communications, along with telecom and digital solutions provider InfiniVAN, recently started deploying fiber cables to build the country’s longest submarine fiber cable network spanning 2,500 kilometers, about the same distance between Manila and Singapore, for a yet...
Local telcos suffered at least a thousand incidents of cable theft and sabotage of their network equipment in the first semester of 2022 alone. They urged customers to stay vigilant against such illegal activities disrupting their internet connection, Thursday, July 21. Recently, a group of men...
PLDT Inc. will triple its international capacity as it activates the US-Transpacific Jupiter cable system this July, the telco disclosed Friday, June 24. Jupiter will increase PLDT’s international capacity of 20 Terabit/s to about 60 Terabit/s to US and Japan. “Specifically, it will fortify the...
PLDT Inc. recently deployed additional submarine cable links to connect major islands in Southern Luzon and Visayas for the first time, expanding its fiber service to Burias Island in Masbate, Lubang Island in Occidental Mindoro and Semirara Island in Antique. The fiber connectivity will improve...
CEBU CITY – A criminal complaint for theft has been filed against a policeman accused of stealing cable wires owned by a telecommunications company. Police Staff Sgt. Joel Superales Soliva will also face administrative charges that the Philippine National Police (PNP) will file against him, said...
The South East Asia Hainan - Hong Kong Express Cable System (SEA-H2X), a new, high-performance, submarine cable connecting the Philippines, Hong Kong, SAR China, Hainan China, Thailand, East Malaysia and Singapore, will bring the speed and capacity to digitally transform the region in two years....
PLDT Inc. is embarking on a major project to deploy over 600 kilometers of additional submarine fiber links to boost connectivity in Luzon, particularly in the southern Luzon provinces of Sorsogon, Quezon, Albay and Occidental Mindoro, as well as in parts of Visayas, such as Samar and Aklan. The...
Sky Cable Corp., through its business solutions arm SKYBIZ, is introducing new broadband bundled packages to help boost business productivity, seamless collaboration, and tools to assist in digital transformation. The firm launched its BIZTastic BunDeals allowing new subscribers to choose any...
Rampant cable-cutting in Cebu, Bacolod, and Bohol is wreaking havoc on Globe Telecom Inc.'s efforts to restore connectivity in Typhoon Odette - damaged areas, the company said on Thursday, March 17. The strong tropical cyclone toppled cell sites in the Visayas, mostly in Cebu, and compromised main...
DipologCableLanding As part of this year's P80 BIllion capex, PLDT Inc. began cable-laying operations in Dipolog City to fortify its fiber network in Mindanao. The new segment will connect PLDT’s submarine fiber optic cable from the municipality of Zamboanguita in Negros Oriental and beef up...
Sky Cable Corporation’s broadband internet service provider SKY Fiber is aiming to get a bigger piece of the rapidly growing home internet market by offering cost-effective internet connectivity. In a media briefing, the firm launched its new Super Speed Plans that address the need for fast and...
