After local telcos' loss of network equipment surged 59 percent year-on-year in the first seven months of 2022, they banded together to form the National Telecommunications Security Council (NTSC). PLDT, Inc. spearheaded the national industry-wide initiative to protect telecom infrastructure from...
Globe Telecom Inc. has started posting dramatic gains from its non-telco business, which grew 118 percent, hauling P1.9 billion revenues as of June, 2022 and contributed 2.4 percent to gross service revenues, the company reported Tuesday, Aug. 30. The rapid growth of the non-telco businesses...
Local telcos continued to scale up the nationwide deployment of 5th Generation (5G) wireless technology in the first half of the year as demand for the service surges. In the first semester alone, Globe Telecom Inc. built 933 sites and its 5G network outdoor coverage reached 97 percent of the...
A third of cyberviolence which Filipino children experience comes from verbal abuse over the internet or cell phone, while a fourth is through sexual messages. "Hence, we urge everyone to use digital communication channels for good and teach our young people to do the same," said Yoly Crisanto,...
Globe Telecom Inc. continues to green its network by using eco-friendly batteries as backup power in critical communication sites for voice, data, and texts (Short Messaging Services). The telco deployed Sodium Nickel batteries for its core network sites which house high-capacity communication...
Globe Telecom Inc. has regained its pre-pandemic mobile revenue levels, hitting P27 billion for the second-quarter of 2022, the telco announced Tuesday, August 23. Year on year, Globe’s first half mobile revenue stood at P54 billion, a 3 percent improvement versus last year. It was powered...
Web-based multi-channel messaging platform m360 is on track to be the messaging company that creates the largest connection point between companies and customers in Southeast Asia, announced Chief Operating Officer Ramon Hirang. Already, m360 has increased its direct customer base by 33 percent to...
The Ayala Group has consolidated its three market-leading digital health apps to help address consumers’ pain points on a greater scale. During the media launch of the KonsultaMD superapp, the group said the consolidation will allow them to deliver even more digital solutions to address...
On their own, Globe Telecom Inc. and Smart Communications Inc. cannot refuse or limit interconnection to DITO Telecommunity for "any reason" whatsoever. Former commissioner of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT)...
Globe Telecom Inc. today (Friday, August 12) diclosed it has obtained Board approval to sell over 7,000 towers, of which 66 percent are located in Luzon, 19 percent in Mindanao and 15 percent in Visayas. The telco already signed two sale and leaseback agreements for two portfolios consisting of...
With mobile and corporate data products and services powering growth, Globe Telecom Inc. hauled in ₱78.9 billion revenues in the first half of 2022, up 4 percent year-on-year, above the growth rates before the pandemic. Total data revenues rose to 81 percent of total service revenues from 79...
88Rising, the company which brought GOT7’s Jackson Wang and 2NE1 to Coachella, will bring its music and arts festival to Manila for the first time. It announced that the Manila Head in the Clouds Music and Arts Festival, presented by Globe, will be held on Dec. 9 and 10 at SM Festival Grounds....
