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...
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...
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...
New volcanic deposits observed along the shores of Sitio Maydangeb, Ivana, Batanes on Nov. 23, 2021. (Batanes PDRRMO Dhan Esdicul / Phivolcs) Months after an undersea volcano erupted off southern Japan on Aug. 13, pumice stones and debris have been found floating on the shores of Batanes province...
French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the press at the nine Mediterranean European Union member states (EUMED 9) Summit in Athens, Greece, on Sept. 17, 2021. (Xinhua) PARIS, France -- French President Emmanuel Macron and his US counterpart Joe Biden said they will meet in October in Europe...
PARIS, France -- US President Joe Biden has requested early talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, France said on Sunday, in an apparent effort to mend fences after a row over a submarines contract sparked rare tensions between the allies. French President Emmanuel Macron (left) and US...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea's foreign ministry on Monday said a new US alliance in the Indo-Pacific and recent US submarine contract with Australia could trigger a ''nuclear arms race'' in the region. This handout satellite image released by Maxar Technologies shows a close-up of construction...
Vice Admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo, flag-officer-in-command of the Philippine Navy (PN), sent his condolences to the Indonesian Navy on Monday, April 26, after the death of 53 sailors aboard a sunken submarine in Bali coast. Indonesian authorities confirmed Sunday that the missing KRI Nanggala...
The Philippines on Monday conveyed its sympathy to Indonesia over the loss of 53 crewmen of an Indonesian naval submarine that sank off the coast of Bali last week. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., who just arrived from Jakarta where he attended the Association of Southeast Asian...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has expressed optimism that the dozens of Indonesian sailors on board a submarine that went missing off the waters of Bali would go home anytime soon. Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala 402, with 53 sailors on board, reportedly disappeared last Wednesday...
PLDT Inc. said yesterday its communication and Internet services will not be disrupted despite emergency maintenance work on submarine cables over the next six days, starting Saturday, (26 September 2020) 8:00 AM to Wednesday, 30 September 2020 5:00 AM. Asia-America Gateway (AAG), operator of...
