Globe Goes Full Steam Ahead on LTE 700 MHz Deployment

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In line with commitment to improve internet services, Globe Telecom is in full steam ahead in its aggressive deployment of the 700 megahertz (MHz) band by rolling out recently more than 150 sites mostly in Metro Manila as part of its commitment to improve the mobile internet in the country.

Joel Agustin, Globe Senior Vice President for Program Governance, Network Technical Group revealed that Globe is fast-tracking the rollout of LTE service nationwide using the 700 MHz frequency under the co-use agreement approved by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC). "We are confident that more and more of our customers will experience improved services as adoption of LTE-capable devices increases and as we continue to deploy LTE 700 in more sites. This is consistent with our strategy of continuously improving internet services using the previously idle 700 MHz spectrum that the NTC now allowed us to co-use,” Agustin said.

According to Agustin, the LTE 700 sites cover major business districts and highly-urbanized and populated areas in the country, noting that customers using LTE 700 devices are steadily increasing in these areas. Citing Quezon City, where Globe activated the first LTE 700 site in the country, Agustin said the technology now covers a majority portion of the city after the LTE 700 sites activated by Globe increased four times from the initial rollout of just 11 sites.

The company plans to activate more than 500 LTE 700 sites across the country by the end 2016, Agustin said. He added that majority of these sites are located in Metro Manila, enabling Globe to deliver close to 100% coverage of LTE 700 for the entire metropolitan area. This is turn, is expected to substantially improve mobile internet experience of customers in the region.

Globe Telecom is maximizing the use of the 700 MHz band in fulfillment of its commitment in the co-use agreement with BellTel following the sellout of San Miguel’s telco assets. The company committed to deploy about 4,500 multiband, multimode software defined radio base station equipment to 95% of total municipalities and cities in the country. This will improve overall customer experience in terms of speed and reliability of mobile internet services.

Aside from the 700 MHz, the NTC-approved co-use agreement also provided Globe with access to additional allocation in the 1800 MHz, 2300 MHz, and 2600 MHz bands. This supports the capacity enhancement initiative launched by the company early this year amid growing customer requirement for bandwidth-intensive multi-media content. Globe also launched early this year an initiative of creating an internet superhighway by deploying fiber optic cables in 20,000 barangays all over the country to provide faster and more reliable Internet access in about 2 million homes nationwide.

DOE, Private Sector to Make Safer Power Available for Poor Communities

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Indigent families and informal settlers had to meet all the legal and financial requirements to get access to electricity. But now, they will be given a chance to enjoy the benefits of electricity services through the Department of Energy’s Electrification Program in collaboration with Manila Electric Company (MERALCO).

From 08 July 2016 to the present, the DOE-MERALCO partnership has electrified a total of 5,263 households in such areas as Gaya-Gaya in San Jose del Monte and other municipalities in Bulacan, Laguna and some parts of Rizal and Happy Land Aroma, BASECO Compound, Isla Puting Bato and Parola in Tondo, Manila.

By helping indigent families secure legal electrical connections, the DOE together with the help of distribution utilities can further reduce the risk of fire hazards, which may be caused by the illegal use of electricity.

The unlawful use of electricity is prohibited under Republic Act No. 7832, otherwise known as the Anti-Pilferage of Electricity and Theft of Electric Transmission lines/Materials Act of 1994. Among the prohibited acts include: wire-tapping, tampering, installing, or using tampered electrical meter, jumper, current reversing transformer, shorting or shunting wire, loop connection or any attempt to destroy any accessory of the metering device box which encases an electric meter or its metering accessories.

The Magna Carta for Residential Consumers also disallows consumers from performing acts related to the pilferage of electricity. The Code reinforces the Anti-Pilferage Act by reiterating the circumstances that constitute prima facie evidence of the illegal use of electricity.

These policies serve as DOE’s guidelines to safeguard the welfare of the consumers against any untoward incidents such as fire that may have been triggered by faulty electrical wiring destroying properties and even resulting in loss of lives.

The DOE enjoins local officials and leaders to get more actively involved in ensuring safe legal electrical connections to protect communities thereby allowing the cities and municipalities to also earn more revenues from delivering better services to the people.

The DOE remains committed to fulfill its household electrification program, especially benefiting those living in economically depressed communities by providing them legal, secure, safe and stable supply of electricity.

XTrade Europe and Online Trading Challenges

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Trading industry has experienced a huge boost thanks to development of the Internet and computer technology. Just look around and you will see that more and more people buy online. It just does not matter whether we buy food, electronic, health insurance or book apartment for our perfect holiday. This transition from traditional forms of trading to online purchasing will be even more noticeable in the future. In fact, some experts claim traditional trading will be eaten by online retailers. 

The Rising Popularity Of Online Trading

However, it seems that online trading somehow lags behind online expansion. This is especially true for binary options and spread betting. Of course, we have a huge increasing trend of stocks or even Forex trading through brokers like XTrade Europe for example, but binary options and spread betting are sidelined. There are many reasons for this situation and listing them all would be far beyond the purpose of this informative article. We have decided to mention just few of them instead, hoping this will help you to understand the general situation in the online trading world.

Why Investors Choose To Ignore Some Investing Opportunities

One of the biggest reasons why binary options and spread betting are not popular more among online traders is that people have a poor and inadequate knowledge about these investing types. People are just not aware of their potentials.

Of course, there are online brokers such as XTrade Europe, who are doing their best to educate people and present online trading in a full capacity to them. However, it is just a beginning. There are many other things that have to be done before people realize all potentials of these online trading types. One more thing. People hardly change their habits. People who have been in traditional businesses for more than a decade will naturally be skeptical about these “new” business opportunities.

The second problem why people do not trade online more is poor security of private information and capital. We all know at least one person who was a victim of online scam. When we are on the Internet, we can forget about our privacy. Even the best-kept information can be hacked these days. We are convinced that people will be more interested in online trading when security in online world reaches desired level. In the meantime, we should only dal with proven and reputable trading platforms and brokers. XTrade Europe is one of them.

Another big problem is that people do not know many investors who actually managed to make money here. They think it is a place reserved only for a big financial experts and speculators. And we should understand them. Investing on the global market was a privilege of big investors, where ordinary people did not have access at all. It is all different today. Even the smallest investors can participate in the global financial arena and earn really big money thanks to XTrade Europe. Yes, people who manage to do this really exist. They are everywhere. If you are ready for hard work, you can become one of them.