MANILA, The Philippines—Globe Telecom, one of the Philippines’ leading mobile-phone operators, has launched a wireless broadband service that offers a wireless Internet connection.
Jesus Romero, Globe assistant vice president for the wireline data group, said the broadband Internet service uses a modem that is totally wireless. Instead of cables, it uses a hub that emits radio waves to connect to the computer.
He added that the connection also employs digital subscriber line (DSL) over existing copper infrastructure to simultaneously deliver data, voice and video. Using existing telephone lines, it delivers download speeds of up to 70 times faster than standard 28.8 modems, enabling users to download Web pages in an instant and watch streaming video, among other applications.
Globe deployed the relatively new technology at Oakwood Premier Ayala Center in the city of Makati, which is now the first serviced hotel in the country to offer broadband Internet access in all its rooms.
“With this service, we have now put the foundation for what will be a new generation of value-added service offerings for Oakwood’s guests, such as wireless Internet and mobile office applications, video conferencing, video and audio streaming, gaming and virtual local area network (LAN) applications,” Romero said.
