Globe Telecom is now PH's fastest internet service provider-Open Signal

Wonderful news from Globe!

According to a site which crowdsources cell phone signal strength called OpenSignal (www.opensignal.com), Globe Telecom, provides the fastest internet service in the Philippines. 

Imagine, Globe comes out on top in terms of upload and download speeds.
Based on the download statistics from the Philippines in OpenSignal showed that Globe’s downlink speed in 10 selected cities in the country averaged 2.40 Mbps, much faster than competitions’ average downlink speed of 1.21 Mbps and 0.84 Mbps, respectively. 

These cities include Manila, Quezon, Caloocan, Davao, Cebu, General Santos, Taguig, Pasig, Antipolo and Zamboanga.

Latest screenshot of Opensignal (http://opensignal.com) as of August 6, 2014, 3pm.

Similarly, upload statistics from OpenSignal showed that Globe’s average uplink speed of 1.37 Mbps in those ten cities outperforms the average upload speed of the competitors, which are 0.98 Mbps and 0.42 Mbps, respectively.

"These findings reflect the superior network quality and performance that we aimed for through our modernization initiative. We will continue to optimize our already modernized network in line with our commitment of further advancing our network infrastructure to enable us to stay ahead of our customers’ growing demand for bandwidth," Globe President & CEO Ernest Cu said in a statement. 

Globe is the first telecommunications company in the Philippines to achieve 100% 3G coverage, allowing more than 43 million customers to enjoy high-speed wireless internet on mobile devices. 

By the end of the third quarter, Globe expects to equip its network with an even faster and more advanced 4G infrastructure using the HSPA+ technology.