The DICT had expressed confidence that internet speeds in the Philippines will further improve.
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) had expressed confidence that internet speeds in the Philippines will further improve.
On Monday, DICT Undersecretary Emmanuel Rey Caintic said that Filipinos will have much faster internet speeds for as long as telecommunications companies continued to improve their services.
Caintic also said that the DICT was helping telecommunications providers to fast-track the rollout of more cables and towers in order to further expand their coverage.
“Pataas lang ng pataas ‘yan for as long as mapapatuloy natin ‘yung mga pagpadagdag ng mga kable at mga tore ng ating mga telco provider,” Caintic said in a public briefing.
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Last week, the DICT said that the country’s average internet speeds continued to “surge upward” as the Philippines further climbed in the global internet speeds rankings.
Based on the latest report of Ookla Speedtest, the Philippines climbed the global rankings to the 65th spot out of 180 countries in fixed broadband (from the 80th spot) and to the 77th spot out of 137 countries in mobile (from the 84th spot).
Ookla also reported that the fixed broadband download speed in the Philippines was clocked at 58.73 Mbps in May while the upload speed was recorded at 57.40 Mbps.
On the other hand, the Philippines’ mobile download speed was at 31.98 Mbps while the upload speed was recorded at 8.74 Mbps that same month.
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Moreover, the Department of Information and Communications Technology said that the latest figures translated to an improvement of 19.1% for fixed broadband and 9.8% for mobile internet speeds in the Philippines, which had a 49.31 Mbps download speed for fixed broadband and 29.12 Mbps download speed for mobile in April.
In an earlier statement DICT Secretary Gregorio “Gringo” B. Honasan II said that they recognized and lauded the initiatives and tireless efforts of the members of the telecommunications and information service industries and the public sector in accelerating and fostering digital connectivity in the Philippines.
“The continuing challenge, especially in this time of COVID-19 crisis, is to provide both connectivity and quality of service to the people. To meet that challenge, we all need to unite, cooperate, engage, and work together—the industry, the national and local government, and the entire nation. The report shows good improvement, but so much more needs to be done,” Honasan said.
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