How 700MHz can improve mobile internet according to PLDT and Globe

San Miguel Corporation has recently sold its telecommunications assets to PLDT and Globe which includes the much-coveted 700MHz spectrum. If you’re wondering how it will improve the two giant telcos’ services, here’s what they have to say.

smart 700mhz

PLDT/Smart:

* Additional frequencies will significantly improve internet quality and coverage
* 700MHz frequency spans farther and wider than other frequencies
* Better indoor coverage
* Enables faster rollout in regional and rural areas

Globe:

* Improved indoor signal penetration for more stable data connectivity
* More bandwidth allocation per customer
* Wider reach
* More affordable rates

In summary, PLDT/Smart and Globe are saying the same things – the 700MHz frequency is the key to improve the mobile internet services running on 4G LTE. As for us consumers, we’ll just have to wait and see.

Diangson Louie

This article was written by Louie Diangson, Managing Editor of YugaTech. You can follow him at @John_Louie.

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17 Comments

Rico Ambles says:

8 years ago

Wow. Makapag-claim sila parang supported ng majority ng LTE devices sa bansa yung 700 MHz band. Ni sa devices nga na binebenta nila eh yung high-end smartphones (e.g. iPhone 6 or newer, Galaxy S6 or newer) lang ang may 70MHz support.
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c says:

8 years ago

ganda nga ng signal mo pero data capped ka pa rin
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CalebJosh says:

8 years ago

The issue for 700MHz is the capacity, yes it can go further and can reach more users but it can only accommodate certain number of data connections due to its limited capacity. Unless Smart and Globe will increase the number of cell sites accommodating the 700MHz connections then it is good. But as per current situation that is not the case, they cramp their subscriber to a cell site, thats why they are imposing cap and we usualy can’t the plan’s promised speed.
Lower frequency = better distance, low capacity/bandwidth
Higher frequency = better capacity/bandwidth, shorter distance
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Rico Ambles says:

8 years ago

Ideally kasi, magkasama dapat yung higher at lower frequency na ide-deploy. Lower frequency as the umbrella frequency (or yung malaking area) tapos within it lalo na sa maraming users ay yung high frequency naman. Kaya BS itong claim ng mga telcos na magic bullet ang 700MHz sa pag-improve ng services nila. In fact, mas maganda for improved performance ang higher frequencies eh (drawback lang ang reduced range) though hindi made-deny na pag offload na rin ng yung additional low frequency band sa isang area with a high frequency band para di ito macongest.

Truth says:

8 years ago

Globobo as usual, master deceiver. No wonder CEO Cu-pal Ernest is losing hair.
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Choy Eloisa says:

8 years ago

more affordable rates does not mean lower rates.. gagawa lang kayo nang promo nanaman… 1piso/kilobyte.. affordable dahil piso lang pero taning mahal pag suma total..
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pro to foreign investors says:

8 years ago

stop this nonsense… if you really want to improve your internet services… 1st step to make is to lift off your internet data capping… 2nd increase speed… 3rd justified price… think of wider coverage(buying infrastructures to let you have more consumers to fools) after those first three steps are done… stupid telcos…!
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Joke joke joke says:

8 years ago

Parang ang totoo lang mangyayari dyan ay better indoor penetration and wider coverage.

D mangyayari yang magiging cheaper and faster speed.
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JessPH says:

8 years ago

This is too good to be true.
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wilson says:

8 years ago

lini-loko lang tayo ng mga telcos na yan. ang kailangan lang ay increase the 2-3mbps na binibigay nila sa atin. doblehin or dagdagan lang nila ang mbps mga 5 or 6mps ay siguradong bibilis na. anu gagawin ng (LTE or LTE-A) kung ang 3g ay kakayanin ng 150mbps max. na hindi naman nadama or naranansan na full speed ibato nyo.
gusto nila na mag LTE tayo para magbayad ng lte price. at next LTE-A. doblehin lang ang speed nang 3g ay tuwang tuwa na ako.
full of marketing strategy.
u can save the consumer from buying a new phone. by just increasing the speed of 3g …. with the same package plan or price at happy na ako
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HindiAkoIT says:

8 years ago

saka sa dami ng tao, tingin mo kaya kaya ng 3g? di lang ikaw gumagamit ng internet. isipin mo muna yang mga yan. bago ka magreklamo.
HindiAkoIT says:

8 years ago

alam mo ba kung ano ung 3g at 2g? alamin mo muna kung ano ibigsabihin ng mga yan. in terms of frequency, sana alamin mo muna. siguro naman naituro yan sayo nung highschool ka. natural kasama marketing strategy jan. pero mali ung sinasabi mo na pabilisin ung 2g at 3g. common sense lang. kung pwede pabilisin un. sana di na sila nagupgrade at magbigay nalang sila ng mga plan na pwede 3g at sobrang bilis. di na nila kilangan bumili ng technology at facility ng LTE. masmakakamura ang Globe at Smart don kung pwede pablisin ang 3g.

wtf says:

8 years ago

to see is to believe given their track record…if they implement peer sharing and zero tariff rates on calls and texts between their networks, baka pa maniwala ako…
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Marvin Choi says:

8 years ago

I get 1-2mb speed on downloads.. but get around 40mb on speedtest… in short… this doesnt help at all
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Bogo Marvin Choi says:

8 years ago

Dami talaga ang OBOB. Walang alam sa bits and bytes tapos lakas pa mag reklamo
Capt Obvious says:

8 years ago

1byte = 8bit po ser, megabits per second po ang minemeasure ng speedtest hindi megabytes per second. Clear?