{"id":275896,"date":"2020-11-19T00:40:18","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T05:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=275896"},"modified":"2020-11-19T00:40:18","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T05:40:18","slug":"5g-to-be-available-to-80-of-mm-by-yearend-globe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/11\/19\/5g-to-be-available-to-80-of-mm-by-yearend-globe\/","title":{"rendered":"5G to be available to 80% of MM by yearend: Globe"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_271088\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-271088\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/accessibility-3570138_1280.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-271088\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/accessibility-3570138_1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/accessibility-3570138_1280.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/accessibility-3570138_1280-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/accessibility-3570138_1280-768x478.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/accessibility-3570138_1280-1024x638.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-271088\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">More Filipinos will soon have access to faster and more stable mobile internet services in Metro Manila as Globe Telecom (Globe) announced its plans to expand its 5G network to cover 80 percent of the region by yearend. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 More Filipinos will soon have access to faster and more stable mobile internet services in Metro Manila as Globe Telecom (Globe) announced its plans to expand its 5G network to cover 80 percent of the region by yearend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are probably in the two-thirds range right now. To complement this, we have also begun to roll out in six key cities in Visayas and Mindanao as part of the overall change we are making to bring 5G to more places and customers in the country,\u201d Gil Genio, Globe\u2019s chief technology and information officer, said in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Globe said its 5G network is now available in 17 cities across the country which includes several cities in the National Capital Region for Luzon; Bacolod, Boracay, Iloilo, Talisay, Lapu-Lapu, Cordova, Minglanilla, and Cebu City for Visayas; and Davao City and Cagayan de Oro for Mindanao.<\/p>\n<p>5G is the latest wireless internet connectivity that promises faster speeds, higher bandwidth, and more stable internet connections.<br \/>\nIn Davao City, it said 5G has been online since the first week of November, noting that its users will need a 5G-capable handset to take advantage of \u201cjaw-dropping speeds and other potentials of 5G.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Globe\u2019s 5G rollout is part of the company\u2019s three-pronged strategy for network upgrades and expansion\u2014aggressive cell site builds, upgrading cell sites to 4G\/LTE using many different frequencies, and fast-tracking its fiber network rollout for home broadband users.<\/p>\n<p>The company also vowed to champion the 10 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG)\u2014especially UNSDG no. 9 which recognizes the importance of infrastructure and innovation as crucial drivers of economic growth and development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0\u2013 More Filipinos will soon have access to faster and more stable mobile internet services in Metro Manila as Globe &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":271088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-275896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","mauthors-kris-crismundo","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":275897,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275896\/revisions\/275897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}