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Globe WiMax Internet is here!

Just got an SMS confirmation from Globe that they’ve already rolled out and servicing customers on their WiMax network. I’m still getting the details but the Inquirer ran the story last night that it will be 512Kbps at Php799 per month. This service will certainly be competing against Smart Bro’s Fixed Wireless offering.


Will update this post once I get the copy of the press release. Intel’s timing was just right when we had the WiMax forum yesterday.

Here’s part of the Press Release I got:

Globe is first in the Philippines to launch Wimax. Available starting March 2009, the company’s WIMAX package is a high-speed Internet plan that lets users surf the web at speeds of up to 512kbps for only PHP795 per month. The package also comes with an aggressive money-back guarantee. “We challenge anyone with a competitive wireless subscription to try out our Wimax-backed plans. We are so confident with our service that we challenge you try out our connection, risk-free. Should you be unhappy with the connection within one month from installation, we’ll give you your money-back, no questions asked,” says Menchi Orlina, head of the Consumer Broadband Business Group.

The service is initially available in selected areas in South Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Globe will continue to roll-out hundreds of WiMAX sites, as a complement to its existing DSL and 3G internet facilities, to ensure the internet gets to every Filipino who needs it.

Interested households may call (02)919-8888 or visit the nearest Globe Payments and Services centers for further inquiries.

WiMAX is short for Worldwide interoperability for Microwave Access. It is a standards-based technology designed to enable the deployment of wireless broadband access as a cost-efficient alternative to cable and DSL; WIMAX also has improved reach and can cover distances greater than those covered by other wireless technologies like WiFi, CDMA, or 3G.

Globe’s network is considered the first and biggest 2.5Ghz WiMAX (802.16e) broadband network in South East Asia.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

330 Responses

  1. Avatar for MP MP says:

    still not available in south luzon =( I just called their customer server. need to wait for 3 months from now

  2. Avatar for Che Bach Che Bach says:

    Modacom is leading company for wimax devices.
    please contact to me !!

    ****@****.***

  3. Avatar for iGadgetsToday iGadgetsToday says:

    aba mukhang magandang balita ito a. available na to?

    iGadgetsToday

  4. Avatar for mindyQ mindyQ says:

    @Karl Mac
    I also endured the internet of the 1990s. I’m probably older than you.

    I guess once you tried or had 24Mbps on an ADSL2+ connection overseas, 512kbps, which is not even guaranteed is just too slow.

  5. Avatar for information information says:

    What if they don’t deliver the 512 KBps? What are the legal actions recommended?

  6. Avatar for JR JR says:

    that is such a poor implementation of the use of wimax. also makes me wondering how much their adapters are going to be. and wasnt this supposed to be launched last year?

    @madzman23
    wimax was already being tested by intel and current feasibility imo is not at a point where telcos will reap.

  7. Avatar for madzman23 madzman23 says:

    Ouch!
    Im excited to see this technology here in the Philippines but the speed is very disappointing.
    Well, its nice to have that technology than none.
    Im sure other competitors will rise and this speed will force to increase in some time.

    @Karl Mac
    – There are no flash, multiple video site and huge image size back then, today we have a different content in the internet.

  8. Avatar for beadfreak beadfreak says:

    im now enjoying my WiMax thru Globe since last year ..:-)

  9. Avatar for Karl Mac Karl Mac says:

    512kbps too slow? You spoiled kid, I started on 32kbps modem then got 56k we were happy then.

  10. Avatar for cat cat says:

    be entertained

  11. Avatar for Jay Jay says:

    “What is stopping local telecom companies, except Sky Broadband, from offering broadband speeds beyond 3Mbps for residential customers?”

    well, accept it you’re in the Philippines.
    we can only hope that these wiMAX tech reach as far as to farmlands and not only to key cities. till now hirap pa ngang makakuha ng 3G signal sa province.

  12. Avatar for blue blue says:

    if you only pay Php799 per month for an internet connection, a 512Kbps is not bad at all. If you want 1mbps or more, then pay the price.

  13. Avatar for mindyQ mindyQ says:

    What is stopping local telecom companies, except Sky Broadband, from offering broadband speeds beyond 3Mbps for residential customers?

    do you think telecom firms are afraid that residential customers will just use it for P2P?

    is the technology in key cities not capable of handling more bandwidth?

  14. Avatar for Allan Allan says:

    Meron pa kayang ibang Plan? I’m planning to get another ISP kaya lang freelancer lang ako kaya ala akong mga documents na maprovide..

    sana meron mga 2MBPS for 2K? pd na siguro un..

  15. Avatar for john john says:

    internet in the philippine are getting more exciting! from time to time. Thx for the info Yuga!

  16. Avatar for Abe Olandres Abe Olandres says:

    Globe reps say this is for last mile solution — areas not reached by DSL and cable lines.

    @ Seoul-box – don’t see them in my Spambox.

  17. Avatar for Seoul-box Seoul-box says:

    in Korea, they offer their wimax services at 3MBPS.


    hey yuga, my comments were captured by your Spam plugin…

  18. Avatar for Aldrin Aldrin says:

    I agree, 512kbps is sloooooooow…

  19. Avatar for Bruce Bruce says:

    D’oh! love the timing… just signed up for a globe dsl line today. Then again, I want at least 1mbt…am already going to keep my smartbro connection as a backup.

  20. Avatar for Adrian Adrian says:

    512kbps medyo mabagal yata yun. :(

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