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...
More than 26 million Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards in the Philippines were already registered based on the latest tally issued by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC). NTC’s data showed that a total of 26,277,933 cards in the Philippines have already been registered as of...
For the first time, Globe Telecom Inc. won five Golden Arrow Awards from the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD) recently. The awards established Globe as a top-performing publicly listed company in the Philippines under the 2021 ASEAN Corporate Governance Scorecard (ACGS). Globe is among three...
There are now more than 24 million registered Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards in the Philippines. The National Telecommunications Commission disclosed that the number of registered SIM cards in the country has breached 24 million. Based on the data as of Jan. 22, Smart Communications Inc....
Globe Telecom Inc. blocked 2.72 billion scam and spam messages in 2022, more than double the 2021 total of 1.15 billion, as it intensified its campaign against malicious SMS. Notably, the telco blocked a total of 83.4 million bank-related spam messages last year. Globe partnered with all major...
The number of registered Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards in the country has breached 23 million nearly four weeks after the mandatory registration began. SIM cards (Pixabay) The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), on Sunday afternoon, Jan. 22, said there are now...
The $150-million Philippine Domestic Submarine Cable Network (PDSCN), the longest of its kind in the country, is on track to be completed April this year, Globe announced Friday, January 19. Globe partnered with Eastern Communications and InfiniVAN Inc. for the project meant to connect previously...
The Department of Information and Technology (DICT) reported that SIM registration has been completed for 21,128,925 SIMs as of Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, 11:59 PM. Based on records provided by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), the total number is 12.5 percent of the 168,977,773 million...
The number of registered Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards in the Philippines has breached 20 million, said the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) on Monday, Jan, 16, nearly three weeks after the mandatory registration began. SIM card (Unsplash) Based on the latest...
Globe Telecom Inc. expanded its 5G coverage to 237 sites in Visayas and Mindanao by the end of the third quarter 2022, to support economic development and enable residents to access more digital services and opportunities. Specifically, Globe said it expanded its 5G service in 212 sites in Visayas...
