Globe Telecom, the second largest telecommunications provider in the Philippines, with 45 million customers has awarded a contract to Alcatel-Lucent for the transformation of its wireless network infrastructure in the Philippine regions of Visayas and Mindanao, upgrading it from WiMax to LTE-TDD and LTE-FDD ultra-broadband access technologies. Globe will deploy Alcatel-Lucent's LTE Radio Access Network (RAN) and its Network Management System (NMS) to approximately 1,200 sites.
The upgraded network will support both voice and data services, including high-speed Internet access, meeting the ever-increasing demand for high speed mobile Internet access in the Visayas and Mindanao regions of the Philippines, said Alcatel Lucent.
"The rollout of LTE technologies will provide increased internet and fixed/wireless broadband capacity and better broadband experience for our customers in the Visayas and Mindanao regions. This is particularly significant for the Visayas region which is still recovering from last year's severe typhoon. This project also supports the Philippine government's thrust to expand the reach of broadband internet services which has been emphasized as an area for national improvement."
- Ernest L. Cu, president and CEO of Globe Telecom
"This project not only highlights how our LTE-TDD technology is expanding, but also continues the strong momentum of mobile ultra-broadband access in the Asia-Pacific region. As a key provider of infrastructure for some of the largest LTE network deployments in the world, Alcatel-Lucent's support for Globe Telecom's network expansion program is a further milestone in our growing global leadership in mobile ultra-broadband access."
- Michel Combes, CEO of Alcatel-Lucent
