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.