The Zobel’s Ayala Group is venturing into the importation and distribution of e-scooters through an $8.5 million (P480 million) joint venture with Gogoro Network Pte Ltd of Singapore (Gogoro SG). In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Ayala Corporation (AC) said it will establish a...
Globe Telecom Inc. has achieved the ₱9.5 billion second closing of 750 towers to be transferred to Frontier Tower Associates Philippines Inc. (Frontier Towers), the telco disclosed Monday, Dec. 12. With this latest closing, the telco has transferred a total of 1,550 out of the 3,529 towers to...
Globe Telecom Inc. is deploying 5G Standalone (SA) technology following its successful live network testing, the telco announced Monday, December 12. 5G Standalone technology is an upgrade of 5G connectivity that provides ultra-low latency and higher bit rates, enabling super-fast response times...
Globe Telecom Inc. fired up 26 new Long Term Evolution (LTE)-capable cell sites in Oriental Mindoro and Marinduque through stronger partnerships with local cooperatives, the telco disclosed Tuesday, December 6. Globe collaborated with the Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative Inc. (ORMECO) and the...
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...
Local fiat and crypto wallet services provider Coins.ph, has partnered with Globe Telecom Inc. to offer cryptos in exchange for reward points in the telco's loyalty program (Globe Rewards). Users can redeem reward points and complete a crypto transaction without using their own money, a set-up...
Globe is providing free calls, texts, and data to at least half a thousand Filipinos in Sri Lanka amidst escalating tensions and economic crisis in the South Asian country. Earlier, the telco provided prepaid load and postpaid bill adjustments to its customers in Myanmar and Afghanistan after...
Globe Telecom Inc. has logged over two million devices on its 5G network as of the first quarter of this year and is already ahead of its target, Head of Consumer Mobile Business Darius Delgado announced on Friday, July 15. At least 96 percent of the National Capital Region (NCR) and 85 percent of...
Globe Telecom Inc. forged cybersecurity partnerships with local financial institutions and managed to block 9,063,698 bank-related scam and spam messages in the first half of the year, the telco disclosed Monday, July 4. The number is part of the 138 million scam and spam messages which Globe...
Keeping the public safe from fraudulent activities online, Globe Telecom Inc. has blocked over 138 million spam and scam messages from January to June 15 this year, the company reported Monday, June 27. Globe's anti-spam blocking peaked in May, with 74.48 million total unwanted messages filtered...
Local telcos are blocking more than double the number of cyber attacks to date as Filipinos continue to shift most of their activities online due to the pandemic. PLDT Inc. and Smart Communications Inc. combated more than double the number of ‘smishing’ (text messages that aim to steal the...
Finance app GCash breached the P500-billion mark in Gross Transaction Value in March 2022 and expects to sustain its growth throughout the year, with user engagement continuing to thrive as the world opens up. Active GCash users are now five times larger than the next e-wallet, with daily logins...
