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Singtel has announced a further expansion of its emerging cross-border mobile payment alliance via an arrangement with Singapore Changi Airport. Subscribers to Thailand’s AIS will soon be able to use their AIS GLOBAL Pay mobile wallets to make payments across…
The Philippines’ Globe Telecom has announced the launch of its first Esports Center, aimed at supporting various local esports communities. The Esports Center at Play Nation in the UP Town Center in Quezon City will offer various initiatives including esports…
The Philippines’ National Telecommunications Commission has extended the migration to eight digit landline numbers in the Greater Metro Manila area by six months, at the request of the banking industry. The Bankers Association of the Philippines (BAP) and the…
The Philippines’ Globe Telecom has enhanced its peering capacity in Europe through a new agreement with Deutscher Commercial Internet Exchange (DE-CIX). DE-CIX is the world’s largest internet exchange point with a peak traffic of over 6.4Tbps. Globe has…
The Philippines’ Globe Telecom has arranged special dispensation from the authorities in Metro Manila to allow it to expedite the deployment of over 120 cell sites to improve coverage of the major thoroughfares of Metro Manila. The operator has entered a…
Prefabricated data center provider Flexenclosure has secured a multi-million dollar order to build a facility for the Philippines’ Globe Telecom. Flexenclosure will provide its eCentre modular prefabicated data center product to the operator for deployment on…
The Philippines’ Globe Teleom expects to be generating around half of its mobile data traffic from LTE by the end of the year. The operator plans to deploy 600 more LTE cell sites by this time to cater to growing demand, taking its total network of sites up…
Globe Telecom in the Philippines has deployed the Cloudera platform to enhance customer experience and deliver real-time targeted marketing campaigns and offers to its 60 million customers. Globe Telecom is using machine learning with Cloudera to enrich…
Skateboarding legend Rodney Mullen signed autographs for five hours when shoes, apparel, skateboards and accessories retailer Globe Hong Kong opened a “cabin” store in Sheung Wan. Globe CEO Matt Hill and founder Peter Hill came from the US to attend the…
Globe Telecom’s GCash has launched the Philippines’ first QR code payment service, which it has named GoPay. The GoPay feature within the GCash mobile money app will allow customers to use their GCash account to pay for goods and services using their…
Worldwide IT spending is expected to increase by 4.5% in 2017 in constant currency terms, a significant improvement on last year’s growth of 2.5%, according to IDC. The latest addition of the research firm’s Worldwide Black Book forecasts that total IT…
Globe Telecom has opened its first Gen3 store for Davao City, at Gaisano Mall of Davao. It is described as “a new retail experience” by Irra Zarina Escandor, who owns GMI Global Ventures, the first Gen3 store owner in Davao City. Gmall Globe Gen3 store retail…
The Philippines’ Globe Telecom has commenced the commercial deployment of massive multiple input multiple output (MIMO) technology to improve the mobile connectivity experience in dense urban areas. The commercial deployment follows initial testing of the…
A Philippine think tank has urged the government to facilitate the entry of a third player into the nation’s telecoms market, but warned that a series of structural barriers will make this “extremely difficult” to achieve in the near future. The Philippine…
Globe Telecom in the Philippines has turned to Canvas to become the platform that integrates service functionalities and help Globe automate its office processes. This move is expected to reduce costs, increase operational efficiency, and further enhance the…
PLDT and Globe have completed the final payment for their joint acquisition of conglomerate San Miguel Corporation’s telco assets, despite the ongoing court challenge from the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC). The final 13 billion peso payment of the…
