Telcos bare blueprint for far-flung barangays

By Ed Paolo Salting

Sep 30, 2024 12:15 am

GLOBE Telecom Inc. (Globe) on Sunday said the country's telcos had presented a blueprint to Malacañang to increase connectivity in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDAs).

In a recent meeting of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC), its Connectivity Plan Task Force (CPTF), headed by Globe President and CEO Ernest Cu, proposed the construction of new towers in GIDAs via public-private collaborations from 2025 to 2028.

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