PLDT outlines further FTTH expansion plans

摘要

PLDT chairman and CEO Manuel V Pangilinan has revealed that his company plans to address the lack of fixed line infrastructure across the country and to that end, is ramping up the expansion of its fiber-optic networks. Outlining the logistical and financials issues related to deploying fixed services - compared to wireless - Pangilinan said that nonetheless, the company had installed 429,000km of fiber by end-December 2020 and made its fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network available in 1,634 cities and municipalities nationwide, covering in total 48% of homes. Since then, PLDT has upped the figure to over 500,000km but he notes that 'still more that needs to be done' and that the telco continues to replace its legacy copper wire systems with fiber 'as quickly as it can'.