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Globe Telecom, Inc., commonly shortened as Globe, is a major provider of telecommunications services in the Philippines.The company operates the largest mobile network in the Philippines and one of the largest fixed-line and broadband networks.
Bayan Telecommunications Inc. (BayanTel) is a telecommunications company headquartered in Quezon City, Philippines serving areas in Metro Manila, Bicol and local exchange service areas in the Visayas and Mindanao regions combined, cover a population of over 25 million, nearly 33% of the population of the Philippines.
Wireless LAN (WLAN) channels are frequently accessed using IEEE 802.11 protocols. The 802.11 standard provides several radio frequency bands for use in Wi-Fi communications, each divided into a multitude of channels numbered at 5 MHz spacing (except in the 45/60 GHz band, where they are 0.54/1.08/2.16 GHz apart) between the centre frequency of the channel.
On May 28, 2013, entertainment and media conglomerate ABS-CBN and wireless telecommunications giant Globe Telecom signed a historic network-sharing agreement which allows the two companies to share assets such as frequencies, switches, servers, and transmitters and allows ABS-CBN to offer its own prepaid and postpaid SMS, voice, and data services to its own targeted market.
Internet café in the Philippines Worldmap of web browsers in 2015. As of 2013 in the Philippines, 62.43% use Google Chrome, 25.15% Firefox, 6.28% Internet Explorer, 4.13% Safari. [25] In 2022, according to Datareportal and Statista, about two to three of four Filipinos in the Philippines have access to the internet. [4] [26]
Philippine Internet eXchange (PhIX) is the first Internet Exchange Point in the Philippines. [1]It is a joint project of Philippine Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to interconnect through a common backbone or Internet Exchange Point (IX) for efficient infrastructure.
In separate statements on May 30, 2016, Globe Telecom and PLDT each acquired half of Vega Telecom from San Miguel Corporation for P69.1 billion. The acquisition entailed P52.08 billion for 100% equity interest in Vega Telecom and the assumption of around P17.02 billion of liabilities. [1] [2] [3] The deal was closed on May 30, 2017. [4]