PLDT expands fiber-optic network in Subic

The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), through its subsidiary Subic Telecommunications Company Inc. (SubicTel), is extending its nationwide fiber-optic network in Subic Freeport.

PLDT said in a statement that SubicTel will soon be part of the telecom giant's Domestic Fiber Optic Network or DFON, billed as the country's most extensive fiber optic network.

The massive P212-million project is expected to be completed by the end of the year, and connects major cities that target investments in the IT, telecom and BPO sectors.

SubicTel expects to increase its Internet bandwidth capacity that allows companies to offer services that integrate voice, data and video.

Its network will cover 285 kilometers of fiber optic cables that will form several redundant loops covering Angeles, Clark, Porac, San Fernando , Guagua, Lubao and Floridablanca in Pampanga, and Dinalupihan in Bataan, Subic Town in Zambales and Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Olongapo.

Earlier this year, SubicTel connected another 45-Mbps bandwidth pipe from PLDT, doubling its bandwidth capacity from last year.

With the installation of the fiber optic network, this will further increase bandwidth capacity to 2.5 Gigabits per second, enough for more than 30,000 simultaneous voice calls.

SubicTel has tapped local systems integrator Fujitsu Philippines to maintain its facilities.