Globe Telecom Inc. fired up 26 new Long Term Evolution (LTE)-capable cell sites in Oriental Mindoro and Marinduque through stronger partnerships with local cooperatives, the telco disclosed Tuesday, December 6. Globe collaborated with the Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative Inc. (ORMECO) and the...
Globe Telecom Inc.'s mobile business hauled in ₱80.6 billion revenues as of end-September this year, its second highest on record, after its 2019 pre-pandemic figures. The bulk of the revenues came mostly from the telco's prepaid business, given the rapid rise of digital adoption among Filipinos....
SPEAKING OUT Ignacio R. Bunye In 2004, an estimated 80 percent of Filipinos remained unbanked. To help solve this problem, Globe Telecom entered fintech and launched GCash under its subsidiary: Mynt - Globe’s Fintech Innovations. When Ant Financial invested in GCash, it took a simple payments app...
Globe Telecom Inc.’s healthcare business can become the country’s next unicorn, President and CEO Ernest Cu announced Friday, December 2. “I think the potential relates to the size of the problem that we are trying to address and that has to do with healthcare," he explained "So I would have...
Globe Telecom Inc.'s network rollout remained on track with 1,064 new cell towers built and P74.4 billion capital expenditure (capex) spent in the first nine months of 2022, the telco announced Monday, November 28. The bulk of the telco's capex, 84 percent, was allocated for data requirements to...
Global mobile industry organization GSMA, in its its latest report, cited Globe Telecom Inc.'s health solutions for reaching millions of Filipinos during the pandemic. KonsultaMD, Globe's subscription-based 24/7 telemedicine service, reached more than one million members in 2021 while telehealth...
In the face of climate related hazards face in the country, the country's leading telecommunications firm Globe has committed to strive to build a resilient network infrastructure that can withstand the impact of stronger and more frequent weather disturbances and other natural disasters. This is...
Globe Telecom Inc. hauled in P12.5 billion Corporate Data revenues in the 3rd quarter, 21 percent up from a year ago and 31 percent higher than the 2019 pre-pandemic level, the telco anbounced Tuesday, November 22. Information and communications technology (ICT) services grew 96 percent...
Globe Telecom Inc. has fired up over 600 TMBayan Fiber WiFi hubs as of the end of October to address the masses' surging connectivity demand as the economy opens up. TMBayan Fiber, Globe’s pioneering prepaid fiber service that caters to the youth, reached this milestone just two months after the...
With Disney+ now available in the Philippines, Globe brings some of the unforgettable moments from The Walt Disney Company’s stories and brands to Filipinos this November. Be part of special launch events being hosted in three cities – Manila’s BGC, Cebu, and Davao – this weekend as Globe...
Globe Telecom Inc. reported a 48 percent increase in net income to P26.5 billion in the first nine months this year versus same period last year while consolidated service revenues hit P118 billion, up three percent year-on-year. Globe said the huge jump in net income was due to one-time gains from...
Asticom Group of Companies, Globe Group's shared services provider, targets to employ 15,000 more in the next three to five years from the current 5,000 Filipinos nationwide. Now on its seventh year of operation, Asticom is expanding its operations, targeting small and medium-sized enterprises...
