PLDT succesful in making BGC a Fibr powered City

Residents of BGC rejoice! PLDT announced that they have finished their project of turning BGC into a Smart City. BGC's business and residential districts can now enjoy Fibr-fast internet.

Bonifacio Global City is now a Fibr-powered Smart City!

The residents of these residential buildings are going to enjoy faster Fibr-fast internet speeds:

• One Serendra 
• Two Serendra 
• Bellagio One
• Two and Three
• Arya Residences
• The Icon Residences
• The Beaufort
• One McKinley Place
• 8 Forbestown Road
• Essensa East Forbes
• Pacific Plaza Towers
• Grand Hyatt Manila Residences
• Uptown Parksuites
• High Street South Block’s One and Two 
• Maridien and Verve Residence Towers
• East Gallery Place
• West Gallery Place
• The Park Triangle Towers

PLDT is very excited about the improvements they have provided to BGC residents. PLDT's FVP and Head of Home Business Marco Borlongan explained how important faster internet speeds are nowadays:

As a cosmopolitan community, BGC residents have a strong demand for high-speed broadband given their digitally-driven lifestyles. PLDT HOME Fibr fulfills this demand.

He further added this:

BGC residents can now enjoy ultra-fast broadband speeds for lag-free browsing, gaming and streaming via the game-changing Roku Powered™ TVolution. This entertainment box offers Cignal TV, and over 100 streaming channels including Netflix, iflix, and YouTube. The powerful connection from PLDT HOME Fibr will also enable families to enjoy the benefits of PLDT’s SmartHome security devices such as the home monitoring system Fam Cam, the cyber security platform Fam Zone, and the multi-functional kiddie gadget Smart Watch. They can also now sign up for the country’s first-ever Whole Home WiFi service—the first intelligent Home Wi-Fi technology in the Philippines, designed to blanket the entire home with wireless connectivity.

With faster and better internet connectivity, BGC is now the epitome of the ideal business and residential district in the country. Not only will residents enjoy these internet speeds at home and in businesses, city attractions such as museums, restaurants, fitness hubs and recreation spaces are goint to enjoy them as well.

Oscar A. Reyes Jr., PLDT FVP and Head of Consumer Business for Market Development, explains that this is just the start of their aggressive network improvements in the country:

PLDT Home Fibr is the future of broadband. With our aggressive nationwide fiber network roll-out, we are ushering in a future for Filipino families where world-class internet is accessible to everyone. Our network program for the year is on track and we will continue our mission to give more Filipinos access to high-speed broadband.

3.3 million homes have already converted to Fibr-powered connections since June 2017. PLDT's aim is to reach the 4 million mark by the end of 2017. Hybrid-facilities are also planned to be erected to accommodate existing customers with copper connections. With this, they will be able to use Fibr-like speeds as well.

This has been one of PLDT's bigger projects with a budget of PHP 300 billion or around USD 6 million. With that much effort, they have built a more reliable and faster wireless infrastracture in the heart of the Philippines' business and residential districts.