Globe Telecom Inc. said Wednesday it is seriously looking at exploring satellite services to access rural areas where wired services have yet to be established.
“We see the satellite service as a promising deployment model that can reach the rural areas where there’s not much household density and will be challenging to roll out wired services,” said Globe vice president and head of broadband business Darius Delgado.
The telecom unit of the Ayala Group said, however, there were certain limitations as the overall cost structure of building sites anchored on satellite services have not yet matured. Prices need to go down to be financially viable and serve the masses, especially those who are currently unreachable by fixed structure.
Globe At Home is actively pursuing other alternative technologies and is in talks with suppliers of other potential broadband technologies from low-earth orbit satellites to the more traditional high-orbit satellites.