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...
Globe Telecom Inc. welcomes the new administration’s goal to streamline government service through digitalization, President and CEO Ernest Cu stated Friday, July 1. “This will ultimately improve public service– an aspiration that Globe deeply shares with the government as we serve a customer...
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...
Korean actor and K-pop boy band SF9 member Rowoon arrived in Manila Saturday night (June 25) for his fan meeting. Rowoon arrived at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 past 10 p.m. He boarded his flight to Manila at Incheon International Airport. K-pop idol and actor Rowoon...
The ASEAN Innovative Business Platform (AIBP) recently recognized Globe Telecom Inc. for being a trailblazer on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives. ASEAN Tech for ESG Awards Winners The AIBP, a business unit of Singapore-based growth-consulting firm Industry Platform, has over...
Globe Telecom Inc. is raising P32 billion via stock rights offer for the expansion of its mobile and broadband network and to pay its debts. “This marks the first time Globe will do a rights offer in the capital market in over two decades," according to Chief Finance Officer Rizza Maniego-Eala...
E-wallet platform GCash loaned out more than P2.5 billion in ten months since it launched GLoan, reflecting significant demand for the product. GLoan allows pre-qualified users to take loans from P1,000 to P50,000 and uses the in-house trust platform GScore to check a borrower’s ability to pay....
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...
Globe Telecom Inc. blocked a total of 142,575 smishing messages in February and March this year as its proactive filter system detected the unwanted messages linked to fraud in its network. The company continues to strengthen its security tools and platforms to increase detection and blocking...
Globe Telecom Inc. sees a "tremendous growth" with its fiber broadband subscriber takeup soaring 155 percent from January to March this year versus the same period in 2021, said Issa Guevarra-Cabreira, Globe Chief Commercial Officer. "There's still latent demand in the industry, and we will...
Globe Telecom Inc. expects to end the year with about 1,700 new cell sites to reach more customers and beat 2021’s total of 1,407 cell sites, the telco announced Wedneday, May 25. For the first three months of 2022, Globe built 234 cell sites nationwide, upgraded 2,344 mobile sites to 4G, and...
