Globe strengthens FOC highway in Boracay

Globe Telecom recently confirmed that it has successfully interconnected Boracay through fiber optics, effectively boosting the connections and strengthening the network coverage of the internationally-renowned island.

This was accomplished through the Boracay Submarine Cable System, a two-kilometer fiber optic cable which is able to transmit 80 wavelengths of Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing or DWDM systems with a capacity of 40 gigabytes per second (Gbps) per wavelength and is expandable to 100Gbps. This can provide “near to limitless transmission capacity, which will result to crystal-clear voice call and superfast surfing,” according to Robert Tan, Chief Technical Adviser of Globe.

Along with Tan, other key officials from the company as well as project managers from its partner for the ongoing network modernization Huawei, spearheaded the landing of the submarine cable from Caticlan in the town of Malay, Antique to Boracay.

“Definitely, we consider this a major milestone for Globe as we have powered up our cell sites with 3G and HSPA+ connectivity,” Tan said, adding that “this submarine cable system will provide Globe a future-proof infrastructure, along with those for the entire archipelago, ready for the next generation communication technology.”

Globe President and CEO Ernest Cu lauded this development, noting that this further bolsters the progress of the company’s network modernization, which has already breached the 60-percent milestone “in record time.”

“We have finished our optical fiber systems highway to Boracay and this progress is a significant part of building our brand new network. This will bring the level of enjoyment of our subscribers, tourists and vacationers in the area a notch higher,” he said, affirming that “this augurs well for one of the major travel destinations not just of the Philippines but of the rest of the world, amplifying tourism economics and activities in the island jewel.”

Cu said that the building of the Globe network will involve blanketing the whole Philippine geography with the steady progression of the network transformation, which includes far-flung locations, creating seamless coverage for the entire country. The entire infrastructure change-out, according the highest ranking Globe official, is accelerating toward the homestretch earmarked on the first quarter of 2013, “with very encouraging results.”

“This puts Globe closer in delivering our 2012 capacity plans and network quality improvements to bring superior customer experience they truly deserve,” the Globe chief said. - source

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MG Exeo provides for Globe modernization

MG Exeo Network, Inc. (MG Exeo), a joint venture company between Japanese firm Kyowa Exeo Corporation and Cyan Management Corporation, was recently tapped to provide design, project planning, implementation, materials procurement and management services for Globe Telecom’s $700 million network modernization and IT transformation program.

Globe’s massive network modernization is aimed at significantly improving network quality and customer experience, increasing capacity, driving down costs, and preparing the network to meet the growing needs of customers in the country. Main contractor Huawei Technologies Philippines will supply all telecommunications equipment and fiber optic cables for the upgrade.

MG Exeo has been tasked to work specifically on the Telecom Equipment Services and Outside Plant Services categories of Globe’s modernization program. The Telecom Equipment Services consist of infrastructure and equipment survey and installation work throughout the Visayas region, namely in Cebu, Negros, Panay and Bohol.

The Outside Plant Services on the other hand, include the installation of 1,500 kilometers of fiber optic cables nationwide, from the National Capital Region, to Leyte, Surigao, Misamis Occidental as well as the Zamboanga area.

“We are proud to team up with Globe Telecom and its technology partner Huawei Technologies for this milestone project which will provide much needed upgrades to the telecommunications infrastructure in the Philippines,” said MG Exeo president Yutaka Funaki. - source

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Globe Underwater Fiber Optic Cable

It was Monday, May 9, 2011 when Globe subscribers panicked after a sudden interruption of the company's landline and internet services. Later, it was found that telecommunication firm’s submarine transmission lines were damaged by a surge of submarine currents.

It’s not a secret though, that deep within our seas, lie miles and miles of fiber optic cables that are responsible for handling all our telecommunication activities everyday.

This complex web of inches-thick lines carries our text messages and emails every millisecond. And just when we thought, that we are now living in a wireless era, the image below speaks a lot that we are indeed still wired.

While services have resumed already, Globe officials assured subscribers that they have now looked into the matter.

“For some reasons hindi po natin masabi, something happens undersea so we just consider this as an act of God. We just really want to say our sincerest and deep apologies sa lahat ng naapektohang subscribers po natin sa Visayas Mindanao area,” Yoly Crisanto, Corporate Communications Head of Globe Telecom said.

In a Follow up report on Cebu Daily News, Crisanto said that their technical team is working round the clock to solve the matter.

Despite this unfortunate event however, it is interesting to know that the Philippines through Globe will become the exclusive landing point of an underwater fiber optic line from the Southeast Asian Japan Cable System come the year 2013.

But how do telecommunication companies like Globe maintain these complicated infrastructures? I mean, we understand the complexity that VECO technicians face when repairing electrical lines, but fixing a cable that sits on earth bed hundreds of kilometers below the sea? - source

I’ve scoured the net to see how international companies do it.

Video Of Underwater Cable Installation in the 1940s

CGI Representation Of How Undersea Cables Are Installed

How Miles and Miles of Fiber Optic Lines Are Brought To The Seas

This Is How They Repair A Broken Underwater Cable

An Undersea Cable Installation Contractor

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