To provide adequate connectivity for the area, Globe said it needed to build a submarine cable system, amounting to $30- $35 million, a great expense considering the area’s low revenue base. It also said fiber optics, one of the most important advances in broadband technology, offers the fastest way to access data, providing consumers with higher download and uploads speeds, lower latency and faster internet browsing.
Meanwhile, providing Wi-Fi connectivity in public places was a project started by the former Information and Communications Technology Office of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-ICTO).
Recently, the Department of Transportation has signed a landmark agreement recently with PLDT Inc. to strengthen data connectivity with the installation of Smart Wifi in major airports, seaports, and bus terminals all over the country, as well as mass transport systems, MRT and LRT.
Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade and PLDT and Smart Chairman, President, and CEO Manuel V. Pangilinan signed the agreement to deploy wireless data connectivity that will also be available on station platforms, and light railway vehicle (LRV), as well as on the street level of the entire lines of MRT3, and LRT 1 and 2.