Converge further expands Bicol region coverage

Fiber broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. expects to cover almost half of the Bicol region's entire population within the year.

Converge in Bicol region

Converge expands in Bicol region

This, as the group is the sole player in the region, offering pure and end-to-end fiber network, according to Converge chief executive officer Dennis Anthony Uy.

We are aggressively expanding as we continue laying down our domestic fiber backbone interconnecting the Philippine islands and fortifying our entire network. The solid increase in our customer base in Region V is hinged on our entry into Masbate, and our deeper presence in the provinces of Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, and Sorsogon, the official was quoted as saying in a statement Tuesday.

The company said it has landed its pure fiber domestic subsea backbone in three points in Bicol—Pasacao in Camarines Sur and in Masbate City, and Milagros in Masbate.

These are key landing points in Southern Luzon, which completes the redundancy loop that starts in San Juan, Batangas and passes through Roxas—Mindoro, Boracay, Roxas—Iloilo and ends in Milagros, Masbate.

The boosted network infrastructure serves as an alternate route for internet traffic to go through in the case of an outage or failure, caused by a natural disaster, on the primary route of the subsea cables, Converge said.