Telecomm Tower Watch: Digital readiness of educational institutions need government and private sector support businessmirror.com.ph - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from businessmirror.com.ph Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Philippines climbed a few spots in a global ranking of mobile internet speeds in July, according to the latest figures released by global internet speed monitoring firm Speedtest by Ookla.
In just a year, the Philippines posted an "impressive rate of growth" in terms of internet speeds and government said it will ensure that the upward trajectory continues in the coming months.
1200px-Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT).svg Department of Information and Co
Published July 5, 2021, 12:35 PM
The rollout of additional open access fiber optic cables in the Philippines will lower internet rates and improve access by yearend.
Already, Philippines Fiber Optic Cable Network (PFOCN), the local subsidiary of Singapore-based HyalRoute Group, invested US$3 billion for a 60,000-kilometer fiber cable network project which Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez described as “the single most extensive cable network project in the Philippines todate.”
images.jpeg-11
“For sure, people will have cheaper, better and more stable internet access in more rural places by yearend,” Hendrick Huang, PFOCN executive deputy managing director, today (July 5) assured.
“As of today, we have completed over 9,000 kilometers of backbone fiber network nationwide,” he explained.
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is seeking to tap the spectrum users fees (SUF) as capital outlay to fund the agency’s digital infrastructure programs.