In his fifth State of the Nation Address on July 27, 2020, President Rodrigo Duterte complained about the poor Internet service in the country and threatened to close down telco giants Globe Telecom and Smart Communications. Know more:
IN his fifth State of the Nation Address on July 27, 2020, President Rodrigo Duterte complained about the poor Internet service in the country and threatened to close down telco giants Globe Telecom and Smart Communications, “unless their services improve by December.”
With Duterte’s order to speed up site approvals, the two big telcos have won permission to deploy hundreds of additional 4G and 5G base stations. But the incremental improvement in telco services was hardly enough to meet the growing demand for broadband communication services. The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an exponential surge in the use of digital technologies due to the nationwide lockdowns and the required physical distancing to limit the spread of the virus.
“Internet quality in the Philippines is comparatively mediocre, and on a global scale fixed broadband Internet is better than mobile,” Surfshark said. The country’s fixed broadband Internet speed is at 75.1 megabits per second , while mobile Internet is at 38.7 Mbps.
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