Boxing idol Manny Pacquiao is megarich but unlike others he’s big-hearted. The fighting senator from Gen. Santos City once again showed his generosity by donating his talent fee as newest brand ambassador of Globe to the victims of typhoons “Rolly” and “Ulysses” which battered some parts...
The enterprise arm of Globe Telecom held its annual Leadership Innovation Forum (Lead-In) in virtual style, gathering over 850 business leaders and executives amid unconventional times. “The pandemic isn’t going to stop us from reaching out to enterprise leaders and sharing valuable...
Globe president and CEO Ernest Cu Filipinos' increased appetite for data, both mobile and broadband, which had been driven by the pandemic, will continue as the economy recovers. "The rapidly expanding data needs of Filipinos will only continue to grow as the economy recovers,” confirmed Ernest...
Globe President and CEO Ernest Cu Despite the double whammy of a pandemic and economic recession, Globe Telecom Inc.’s third quarter consolidated service revenues improved 3 per cent to P37 billion versus last quarter’s performance due to surging data demand. However, the telco's total revenues...
Despite the pandemic, Globe Telecom Inc. has upgraded 26.4 percent more cell sites this year versus 2019, totaling 7,780, exceeding its forecast as it moves into the last quarter. The cell sites are now 4th generation Long Term Evolution (4G LTE), with faster connectivity. Globe also installed 593...
Globe Telecom Inc. will install at least 800 cell sites in the last three months of 2020 to end the year of its network expansion on a high note. In Metro Manila and Rizal, Globe intends to build at least 319 cell sites and at least 100 in North Luzon, with Bulacan, Pampanga and...
Globe Telecom Inc.'s aggressive network expansion correspondingly widens its telemedicine services in a nation with just one doctor for every 33,000 Filipinos. Now, telemedicine becomes a truly viable alternative to traditional visits to hospitals and clinics, stressed Cholo Tagaysay, CEO of...
Globe Telecom Inc. has migrated 86 per cent of its network to 4th Generation (4G) technology in Metro Manila, the telco today reported. Pateros, Marikina City, Valenzuela City, Malabon City and Navotas topped the list of cities with the highest percentage of completion. The rest of the National...
For 33-year-old Daisy Jane Diola of Cebu City, there could not be a better time to go back to school, betting against all odds in a pandemic. Giving up her sales job, she embraced technology and started attending online classes, one of hundreds of thousands nationwide now braving the...
Local government units (LGUs) have released 933 telco permits after the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) issued strict compliance orders. ARTA Director General Jeremiah Belgica issued compliance orders to LGUs in August to release the pending permits that have not been acted by some LGUs. For...
NOW Telecom Company, Inc., aiming to be the country’s fourth telecommunications firm, is looking into the possibility of listing its shares in a stock exchange by way of introduction—a method of going public without an initial stock offering. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock...
Globe Telecom Inc. just declared a handful of new 5G-ready cities: Taguig, Pasig, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Paranaque, Muntinlupa, Las Pinas, Valenzuela, and Caloocan. Earlier, the telco rolled out of its 5G network in Bonifacio Global City (BGC), Makati CBD, Rockwell Center, Ortigas CBD,...
