Globe confident of rise in broadband demand

Listed phone giant Globe Telecom remains optimistic on the growing demand for home broadband Internet amid the latest Akamai Report that showed improvement of broadband speed and adoption in the country. 

Senior Vice President of Globe at Home Martha Sazon stated that the report was a validation of its endeavor to continue improving the state of Internet in the Philippines.

“Our reports are finally bearing fruit and we expect overall Internet experience to improve further moving forward as we continue the aggressive deployment of leading edge network technology, as we progress towards serving two million homes by 2020 with high speed Internet,” Sazon said in a statement.

Globe internet at home customers grew to 1.2 million in the first quarter of 2017, representing an 8.8 percent growth year on year. This is a result of its aggressive push for affordable home broadband plans, with the majority of customers subscribing to a Globe At Home Plan 1299 at 10 Mbps.

The company envisions creating an Internet superhighway by deploying fiber optic cables in 20,000 barangays all over the country to provide faster and more reliable internet access in about 2 million homes nationwide.

She noted that Globe is committed to expanding its network coverage and enhancing its capacities for fixed-line Internet while adoption for home Internet has been steadily improving. “With home broadband plans becoming more and more affordable, we expect overall broadband adoption to grow, and in effect, overall speed to grow, as well.”