TRACTS of bad network areas in the country saw a marked improvement as the large number of telecom towers deployed across the nation harnessed solar solutions that helped improve power accessibility and reliability.

An International Finance Corp. (IFC) report, titled 'Investing in sustainable access to communications: The role of telecom energy services companies,' showed the Philippines could be among top countries globally to reap benefits if industry players adopted more solar offerings by Telecom Energy Services Companies (Tesco).