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Globe Telecom tests laser communications

GLOBE Telecom Inc. (Globe) said Sunday that it and business unit Asticom Technology Inc. (Asticom) had successfully pilot-tested the country's first laser communications system, developed by Singapore-based Transcelestial Technologies Pte Ltd. (Transcelestial Technologies).

Globe said the development offered a cost-efficient and rapidly deployable option to conventional fiber optics and an invaluable resource for expanding 4G/5G coverage.