The Philippine’s fixed broadband average download speed continued to improve as of March 2021, according to the latest Ookla Speedtest Global Index report. The country registered a 7.79 Mbps or 20.25 percent increase in speed from the recorded 38.46 Mbps on February, jumping to 46.25...
The Philippines moved up 3 notches to 83rd spot for mobile internet speed, and up 8 notches to 92nd for fixed broadband in a ranking of 140 countries in last month's Ookla Speedtest report. "Everyone in government, telecommunication companies, and mobile network operators had been doubling efforts...
Despite the COVID-19 lockdowns last year, PLDT's Home business has almost doubled its installation capability todate, with 9 million homes passed, and is on track to quicken the pace, the telco today (Jan. 28) announced. Currently, PLDT's fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband services reach 48 per...
Globe Telecom Inc. is migrating its broadband network from copper to fiber and has moved over 40 percent of targeted customers nationwide to its newer, higher-speed network for free. With the shift to fiber, Globe broadband customers enjoy better connection as more people use the...
The National Broadband Program (NBP) of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) will save the government P720 million in Internet expense by next year. But if DICT gets its additional budget request of P17 billion for 2021, NBP's second Phase can save the state as...