Globe Telecom said its modernization efforts have resulted in improvement in mobile experience for its phone customers in 115 barangays in Metro Manila, Northern Luzon, Southern Luzon, Visayas and in Mindanao.
Globe Telecom’s engineers are building new LTE sites, upgrading existing LTE sites, and shifting from 2G and 3G networks to 4G LTE with 10X faster speeds.
Globe Telecom said the LTE sites expansion improved the quality of services for customers by more than 50 percent in 17 barangays.
There was at least 10 percent improvement in quality of services across 64 barangays in Metro Manila, Marinduque, Bohol, Sorsogon, Iloilo, Bulacan, Rizal, Antique, Pampanga, Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, Samar, Tarlac, Cebu, Zamboanga, Pangasian, Cebu, Albay, Batangas, Leyte, Isabela, Davao del Sur, Palawan and Albay.
Globe Telecom’s new LTE site builds also improved its services in 16 barangays in Quezon City, Manila, Valenzuela, San Juan and Paranaque.
Bulacan recorded the most number of barangays with significant improvement in the call, text and data services with 43 site upgrades in Bocaue, Malolos, Marilao, Sta. Maria, San Miguel Calumpit, Norzagaray, San Ildefonso, San Jose Del Monte, Guiguinto, Baliuag, Bustos and San Rafael.
At least one barangay also had site upgrade in Alaminos, Pangasinan; Cauyan City and Dumaguete in Negros Oriental; Iriga City in Camarines Sur; Cabatuan and Lopez Jaena in Iloilo; Sialon in Negros Occidental; Panglao in Bohol; Daraga in Albay; Cauayan City in Isabela; Sogod in Southern Leyte; Patnongon in Antique; and Tacloban City in Leyte to mention a few.
Upgrade from 2G/3G to 4G LTE network improved mobile experience in 18 barangays in Marinduque, Abra, Batangas, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Palawan, Occidental Mindoro, Camarines Sur, Cebu, Bulacan, Laguna and Cavite.
“We are hopeful that this modernization in various locations across the country will help our customers with their requirements whether it is for online or distance learning, work from home set-up, or starting their own small online businesses,” said Kristelle Dizon, head of Consumer Mobile Business at Globe Telecom.
Globe is targeting to make more than 10,000 cell site upgrades in key cities and municipalities as part of its three-pronged strategy for its network upgrades and expansion, which includes aggressive cell site builds and fast tracking the fiberization of Filipino homes nationwide.
“These site upgrades will boost our efforts to increase our capacity and network coverage in areas where customers were used to having only call and SMS services. With the upgrade to 4G LTE, they will have so many opportunities to make the most out of their connectivity,” said Joel Agustin, senior vice president for Program Delivery, Network Technical Group at Globe.
