Ayala-led ACEN Corporation has partnered with Norwegian Investment Fund (Norfund) for targeted provision of solar solutions that will cater to the energy needs of telecommunications companies in the Philippines. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), ACEN indicated that the proposed...
Officers of G-Xchange, Inc. (operator of GCash) and Globe Telecom, Inc. on Wednesday, May 10, visited Senator Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. at his Senate office to explain the circumstances surrounding the service outage that hit the digital platform last Monday and Tuesday. Officers of G-Xchange, Inc....
With 86.7 million SIMs under Globe Telecom Inc's network and only three months left to register, the telco on Monday, February 20, rolled out SIM registration assistance desks in over 500 locations nationwide. Globe wants to make the process easier for customers, especially senior citizens, PWDs,...
As the leading mobile wallet in the Philippines, GCash is aiming to level up its partnership with the public sector to accelerate the adoption of cashless payments through a year-long workshop series. The fintech player is poised to host the ‘GCash for the Nation’ annual conference and workshop...
Globe Telecom Inc. hit its largest annual investment for mobile and fixed networks last year, with a P101.4 billion capital expenditure (CAPEX), 9 percent above 2021 figures, the telco stated Friday, Feb. 17. Globe has allocated the majority, or 86 percent, of its total cash capex to data...
Globe Telecom Inc. built 1,702 new cell sites, upgraded over 13,600 mobile sites to Long Term Evolution (LTE) and installed 2,267 new 5G sites nationwide last year, the telco reported Thursday, February 16. Globe's aim was to connect more consumers and businesses after the pandemic accelerated the...
Globe Telecom Inc. blocked over 400,000 links and malicious websites containing child pornography last year, in support of the government’s war against Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (OSAEC), the telco announced Wednesday, February 15. Overall, Globe blocked 399,540 URLs and...
Globe Telecom Inc. ended 2022 with ₱158.0 billion consolidated service revenues, a modest 4 percent increase year-on-year, resulting in net income of ₱34.6 billion or 46 percent higher than 2021. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Tuesday, Feb. 7, Globe noted that the year 2022...
Globe has successfully completed pilot deployments in Southeast Asia of the first multi-beam, multi-band lens antenna technology, which provides improved 4G/LTE and 5G mobile capacity and reduces coverage holes, especially in large gatherings. Globe has successfully completed pilot deployments in...
The number of registered Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards in the country has climbed to 28,371,192, said the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC). Based on the latest tally provided by NTC, there are now 28,371,192 registered cards in the Philippines as of Feb. 2. This is only...
Globe Telecom Inc., together with Eastern Communications and Japan-affiliated telco InfiniVAN Inc, commissioned NTT World Engineering Marine Corp. (NTT WE Marine) for the last leg of the $150-million Philippine Domestic Submarine Cable Network (PDSCN) project. NTT WE Marine will land and lay cables...
Globe Telecom Inc. successfully completed the pilot deployment of the first Southeast Asian multi-beam, multi-band, lens antenna technology to improve its 4G/LTE and 5G mobile capacity, the telco announced Tuesday, January 31. The lens antennas, invented by MatSing Ltd. (MatSing) and implemented by...
