Cignal will launch its own Broadband over Satellite service on May 15.
PLDT Chairman, President, and CEO Manuel V. Pangilinan (MVP) revealed that Cignal will launch its own Broadband over Satellite service on May 15.
Pangilinan recently took to Twitter to announce that Cignal will soon provide Broadband services nationwide with its “Broadband over Satellite” service.
In his tweet, Pangilinan said that Cignal’s “Internet available everywhere” solution will launch on May 15, 2021.
Exciting news! Cignal will soon provide Broadband services nationwide with its Broadband over Satellite service. Internet available everywhere. Launching on May 15. Abangan.
— Manny V. Pangilinan (@iamMVP) May 6, 2021
Pangilinan’s Tweet, however, hasn’t revealed the details of the new service yet.
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Based on a report on Gizguide, PLDT’s wireless unit Smart Communications, Inc. had tapped Cignal TV, Inc. last December to provide satellite broadband services for areas without land-based networks.
BusinessWorld previously reported last December 2020 that Smart will be using Cignal’s “very small aperture terminal (VSAT)” technology in order to provide services for subscribers in areas with low to no data coverage.
Cignal also shared that the VSAT services of Smart were active across the Philippines — including Batanes and some areas in Tawi-Tawi and Palawan.
Meanwhile, Globe Telecom earlier shared last March 2021 that it was working with US-based Curvalux in an effort to bring internet services to remote areas in the Philippines.
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