Globe brings LTE to Tawi-Tawi

MANILA, Philippines — Globe Telecom Inc. has activated Long Term Evolution (LTE) service in the town of Bongao in Tawi-Tawi to provide residents with faster mobile internet. 

The Ayala-led telco said, in a statement, it activated the service using the 1800 Megahertz (MHz) band and 700 MHz frequency.

“Globe is fully maximizing the use of its spectrum assets by deploying LTE 700, LTE 2600 and L1800 sites across the country including Bongao in Tawi-Tawi,” Globe president and chief executive officer Ernest Cu said.

He said the telco continues to make investments in the network to maximize the available spectrum and provide better service to subscribers.

This, as demand for mobile internet services continues to grow.

“Globe allocated $850 million for capital spending this year to improve its data network and address the increasing demand in video streaming and gaming,” he said.

“The demand for a reliable mobile internet is no longer confined in urban areas, but also in remote municipalities as far as Bongao in the southern part of Mindanao,” he said.

To date, Globe has deployed close to 1,700 LTE sites across the country using the 700 MHz frequency.

Last year, it set up 1,000 LTE sites on the 700 MHz frequency and rolled out close to 2,000 sites on the 2600 MHz and 1800 MHz bands.

Globe net profit stood at P4.7 billion in the first quarter, 24 percent higher than the P3.8 billion in the same period last year.

As of end-March, it had 63.3 million mobile subscribers and 1.40 million home broadband subscribers.