Globe says nearing two-million broadband line goal
GLOBE Telecom, Inc. has deployed one million broadband lines, halfway through its goal of two million lines by 2020.
In a statement, the telecommunications company said it deployed more than one million broadband lines in the last two years, enabling more users to stream video content.
In terms of wired broadband facilities, Globe deployed fiber broadband in 12 cities in Metro Manila as well as in 19 provinces. Majority of the company’s fiber build are located in Quezon City, Sta. Rosa and Calamba in Laguna, as well as in Cebu and Davao.
Joel Agustin, Globe senior vice president for program governance, network technical group, said the company’s deployment of massive MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) technology has been working to accelerate the roll out of two million home broadband lines, with speeds of at least 10 Mbps (megabit per second) by 2020.
“The goal is to provide for the growing data service needs of our customers and the company will continue to aggressively roll out broadband lines using latest available technologies such as the massive MIMO,” Mr. Agustin said in a statement.
Globe has set a capital expenditure (capex) of $850 million (around P43 billion) for 2018. — P.P.C. Marcelo
