MOBILE services provider Globe Telecom Inc. has deployed more than 150 cell sites equipped with the 700-megahertz (MHz) technology, most of which are in Metro Manila.
Joel Agustin, who sits as vice president at Globe, said this development is in line with his company’s push of “fast-tracking” the rollout of LTE service nationwide using the 700-MHz frequency.
“We are confident more and more of our customers will experience improved services as adoption of LTE-capable devices increases and as we continue to deploy LTE 700 in more sites,” he said.
The company plans to activate more than 500 LTE sites equipped with the 700-MHz technology across the country by end-2016.
The majority of these sites are located in Metro Manila, enabling Globe to deliver close to 100- percent coverage of LTE 700 for the entire metropolitan area. This, in turn, is expected to substantially improve the mobile Internet experience of customers in the region, he said.
“This is consistent with our strategy of continuously improving Internet services using the previously idle 700-MHz spectrum that the National Telecommunications Commission now allowed us to co-use,” Agustin said.
Globe Telecom is maximizing the use of the 700-MHz band in fulfillment of its commitment in the co-use agreement with BellTel following the sellout of San Miguel’s telco assets.