Upgrading internet speed to expand the soonest

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A day after Starlink announced its entry in the Philippines, broadband providers PLDT Inc. and Converge ICT Solutions Inc. have committed to scale up the reliability of their underwater cable systems to improve internet services. On the other hand, PLDT announced that it plans to invest in new cable systems in the next five years with the goal of hitting petabit levels in terms of international capacity.

Converge announced yesterday that it started the construction for the cable landing station of the Bifrost Cable System in Davao City.

Spanning 745 sqm, the facility will be owned and operated by Converge and will also function as the Philippine gateway for Bifrost, an international cable system that would run from Singapore to North America. 

"This will not only boost the company's international bandwidth capacity, but for the Philippines it will mean redundancy and diversity in network infrastructure," Romero said.

Converge chief operations officer Jesus Romero said Bifrost has the potential to turn the country into a digital hub in Asia. Through Bifrost, Converge hopes to boost its international capacity to facilitate data exchange, benefitting subscribers who would be provided with real-time access to apps and websites based abroad.

In 2021 Converge signed a deal with Singapore-based Keppel Midgard Holdings Pte. Ltd. to link to Bifrost. The firm owned by billionaire Dennis Anthony Uy will invest P5 billion to hook up to the subsea cable system that is scheduled to be completed by 2024.

PLDT expects its data capacity to surpass 100 terabits per second with the Asia Direct Cable–an international cable system traversing East and Southeast Asia.