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Marcos sees internet access for all via fiber backbone project

By Helen Flores | April 21, 2024 - 12:00am

The government is ramping up efforts to provide internet access for all Filipinos amid its importance in trade and communication,...

Business

Villar, humingi ng suporta para sa local fiber, kabilang ang bamboo fiber

September 23, 2023 - 12:00am

Umaasa si Sen. Cynthia Villar na ang paggamit ng bamboo bilang textile ay malaki ang maitutulong sa local textile industry at sa pag-unlad sa ­kanayunan.

Bansa

Converge eyes sale of assets

By Elijah Felice Rosales | September 4, 2022 - 12:00am

Fiber specialist Converge ICT Solutions Inc. has confirmed it is reviewing the possible sale of its infrastructure assets to improve its liquidity needed for business expansion.

Business

Special Report: Cable cuts: Source of chronic pain for telcos, subscribers

By Richmond Mercurio | January 17, 2022 - 12:00am

Fiber optic cable cuts are becoming a source of chronic pain for telecommunications companies and internet service providers,...

Business

Converge to make final landing for P6 billion domestic submarine cable

By Richmond Mercurio | October 30, 2021 - 12:00am

Fiber broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. is completing this month its P6-billion domestic submarine cable project that connects the country’s major islands from Luzon to Visayas and Mindanao to...

Business

RED Fiber now ‘Broadband of Choices’

April 27, 2021 - 12:00am

In response to the overwhelming need of Filipinos for better internet service, Radius Telecoms, a 100 percent subsidiary of Meralco, is launching its latest fiber broadband service, RED Fiber, the broadband that...

Business

Telco’s broadband infra now covers 90% of Philippines

By Ehda M. Dagooc | December 19, 2018 - 12:00am

About 90 percent of the Philippines is now connected through broadband infrastructure and Internet access, announced Smart Communications Inc.,(Smart) yesterday.

Freeman Cebu Business

Mga benepisyo sa Pinya (2)

By Pons Abatayo | December 3, 2018 - 12:00am

Ang prutas nga sama sa pinya, taas kini og fiber nga mopamenus sa risgo sa colon kanser (colorectal).

Banat Opinyon

Itinatapon pero masustansiya pala!

By ABH | January 24, 2016 - 9:00am

May bahagi sa pinya na madalas itapon.

Para Malibang

Fiber to home

By Abe Olandres | December 13, 2015 - 9:00am

If fiber connectivity is the key to bandwidth problems and slow internet in the Philippines, then why is it slow to penetrate most residential homes? Here are the five most common reasons why.    

Technology