Albay public schools powered with WiMAX

MANILA, Philippines - Globe Telecom highlights the roll-out of its WiMAX infrastructure in Albay by using the latest broadband technology to connect public secondary schools in the province to the Internet.

Legazpi City High School and Daraga National High School are the first beneficiaries of the Globe Internet-in-Schools Program (ISP) in Albay. Through ISP, Globe prepares young Filipinos to be globally competitive by introducing them to Internet literacy skills and opening doors to a wide range of information available on the Internet.

The schools were chosen due to their strong science and math curricula, being two of the 57 secondary schools in the region offering the DepEd Engineering and Science Education Program (ESEP), as well as their being in a location served by Globe.

At least 23 more public schools in the province are expected to be connected via WiMAX or other Globe broadband services within the next two months. To date, Globe ISP has already provided Internet connection to 2,012 public elementary and high schools nationwide.

Globe WIMAX network is the first and largest mobile WIMAX network in Southeast Asia, with over 100,000 subscribers nationwide, covering nearly 60 provinces across the Philippines. In Albay alone, the company has 12 WiMAX sites covering Legazpi City and 21 more are spread across 6 neighboring towns.  Globe also has 27 3G sites in Albay and has recently entered into separate interconnection agreements with Bayan Telecommunications, Inc. (BayanTel) and Digital Telecommunications Company, Inc. (Digitel) that will allow landline users of Globe to call BayanTel and Digitel toll-free and vice versa.