(CNN Philippines, January 8) — Globe Telecom—which received President Rodrigo Duterte’s shutdown threat last year over its poor services—has proposed to deploy its Fifth Generation (5G) network to Malacañang.
In a statement on Friday, the Ayala-led telco said it already submitted its design and upgrade proposals to the Palace. Globe also prepared 5G upgrade plans for the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The buildings set to be covered are Kalayaan Hall, Mabini Hall and the Presidential Guest House in Malacanang; the Senate and GSIS buildings in the Senate; and in the Main, North, South, House of Representatives Annex, Ramon V. Mitra and the Legislative Library Buildings in the Lower House.
According to the listed firm, the project, which may receive approval within January, will take at least eight to 16 weeks.
“These buildings house key branches of our government which in turn provide basic and immediate services to our nation. By upgrading our indoor solutions, our new system will increase and augment capacity and extend coverage to provide wider service access inside these offices,” said Joel Agustin, Globe senior vice president for Program Delivery, Network Technical Group.
“Moreover, these important government offices will be 5G ready so internet services will be much faster and better,” he added.
It was in July 2019 when Globe launched its 5G services to its home subscribers, leading the race in the local 5G space.
Late last year, the telco made its 5G mobile service commercially available to select areas in the capital. It is also expanding the network’s reach in Visayas and Mindanao.
Both Globe and PLDT have been ramping up their respective network buildup following Duterte’s statement in July last year.
