Globe Telecom Inc. yesterday said it has built over 1,000 cell sites in first nine months of the year, up 82 percent versus 593 cell sites built in the same period last year.
“The installation of new cell towers will greatly decongest traffic in our existing towers. By building more cell sites, while modernizing the existing ones to 4G LTE, we will ensure to meet the demand for better and accessible connectivity for our customers in more parts of the country,” said Joel Agustin, Globe senior vice president for program delivery, network technical group.
According to Agustin, most of the new cell towers built are located in Metro Manila which stood 340 and in North Luzon with 230 cellsites. At least a hundred or more new cell towers were also installed in South Visayas and Mindanao.
Globe was also able to complete 73 in-building solutions (IBS) from January to September this year. In-Building Solution is essential to provide quality indoor coverage to customers, With IBS, customers will have better mobile signals using desktops, laptops and mobile phone indoors.
