Globe Telecom Inc. said its international cable system capacity of more than 16 Terabits per second (Tbps) is sufficient to service the bandwidth demand in the country and satisfy the market’s hunger for faster internet services.
The Ayala-led company seeks to correct the separate public pronouncements made by the Department of Information and Communications Technology Undersecretary Eliseo Rio and Bases Conversion and Development Authority president Vince Dizon, who placed the industry’s combined capacity at 2 Tbps.
“Our biggest hurdle in delivering consistently good internet (service) is the cumbersome number of permits and right-of-way issues that prevent us from building the last mile connectivity that would allow world class internet services to be enjoyed by the ordinary household or any person using a mobile phone,” Ernest Cu, president and chief executive of Globe, said.