#fiber backbone

has revealed that it has completed connecting Visayas and Mindanao to its national fiber backbone with the landing of its submarine cables in Cagayan de Oro. The company is also currently linking the other islands in the Visayas region, such as Panay, Negros, Leyte, and Bohol, to its national backbone in the total PHP 6 billion domestic submarine cable project. “We are looking forward to firing up our fiber broadband services in the Visayas and Mindanao so that we can soon provide the unserved and underserved areas in central and southern Philippines with world-class internet connectivity,” said Converge CEO Dennis Anthony Uy. Converge claims that they are bringing the world-class technologies used by market-leading countries in broadband like South Korea and Singapore in its national fiber project with its fiber optic submarine cables provided by French supplier Nexans Group and its active optical equipment from global suppliers. For example, we aim to run 400Gbps waves on our national backbone,” said Converge COO Jesus Romero. The company earlier introduced the Converge FlexiBIZ that allows small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to take advantage of pure fiber connection. Converge has been expanding its fiber footprint to reach more areas in the country, doubling its pure fiber network to 55,000 kilometers at the end of 2020, which passes over six million homes. Read more in our articles including "Converge connects VisMin to national fiber backbone" and "Converge network reaches over 500,000km".