Globe Telecom Inc. said on Tuesday it has completed its modernization program in key locations in Cavite and Laguna and that its subscribers in the two provinces now experience improved telco service.
Joel Agustin, the company’s SVP for Program Delivery, said Globe has completed 265 site upgrades in 11 towns and cities in Cavite and three areas in Laguna from 3G to the new standard of mobile data, 4G LTE.
These include sites in General Trias City, Dasmariñas City, Bacoor City, Naic, Cavite City, Trece Martires City, Carmona, Gen. Mariano Alvarez, Tanza and Rosario. Efforts are also underway to modernize other sites in Alfonso, Amadeo, Gen. E. Aguinaldo, Indang, Magallanes, Maragondon, Mendez, Tagaytay City, Silang, Talisay and Ternate.
In Laguna, Globe has also modernized sites in Biñan, San Pedro and Sta. Rosa, Laguna to include one 5G tower.
“These modernization efforts were intended to better serve our customers in upper Cavite and Laguna. The site upgrades will bring better connectivity and experience to our customers especially now that classes have started for private schools, colleges and universities in these provinces,” he said.
Agustin noted that subscribers must also upgrade their sim cards to 5G-ready 4G sims for them to enjoy improved services.
“Updating a sim card is free and customers will get to keep their old numbers. 4G LTE capable devices are also available at Globe Stores. Customers can check through online these affordable mobile phones for the meantime due to existing quarantine protocols.”
Agustin said Globe has been providing better services to its subscribers citing reports from Ookla, which indicated that Globe had the most consistent mobile network in the Philippines.
The company raised its capital expenditures (capex) for 2021 by almost a tenth to P76 billion after its board approved additional network projects for the remainder of the year.
Rizza Maniego-Eala, the company’s CFO, said that the board has approved additional network projects amounting to P18 billion, but noted that the actual impact on the programmed capex for the year is only P6 billion.
Globe earlier programmed a capex of P70 billion, already a 16-percent increase from the P60.3-billion capex in 2020.
In a disclosure to the stock exchange, Globe announced that it will spend 88 percent of the budget on data, 6 percent on business support, 5 percent on core requirements, and a percentage on miscellaneous investments.