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Subictel Undertakes P212M Telecom Project |
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Written by Sun Star Online
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Thursday, 17 May 2007 |
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Subic Telecommunications Company Inc. (Subictel), a subsidiary of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) Company, is set to increase its capacity for data services in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone with the implementation of its fiber optic-project worth more than P200 million.
Subictel general manager Henry Abes said the telecommunications company will soon be part of PLDT's Domestic Fiber Optic Network, the country's most extensive fiber optic network.
The P212-million project, Abes added, will be completed by PLDT before the year ends.
"This will increase the Internet bandwidth capacity of Subictel, provide better quality of service, and allow for new services such as bundled voice, data and video," said Abes.
"Subic Bay Freeport Zone, in particular, will now become a much more attractive haven for ICT (information and communications technology) investments such as call centers and BPOs-companies that need high bandwidth services and reliable connections," he added.
Abes said the new network will span 285 kilometers of fiber optic cables that will form several redundant loops covering Angeles, Clark, Porac, San Fernando, Guagua, Lubao and Floridablanca in Pampanga, and Dinalupihan in Bataan, Subic Town in Zambales, and Subic Bay Freeport Zone in Olongapo.
Subictel has just connected another 45-mbps bandwidth pipe from PLDT, which enables them to double last year's bandwidth capacity.
Abes said with the installation of the fiber optic network, their bandwidth capacity will increased further to 2.5 Gigabits per second (Gbps) or STM-16 to meet increasing demands of customers.
The 2.5 gbps bandwidth is enough for 30,240 simultaneous voice calls.
"The fiber backhaul connectivity that we are building is very robust. It has multi-loops to provide the redundancy in case of fiber breaks. We also have IP radio facilities for additional redundancy insurance," said Abes.
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Aside from the capacity, redundancy is a very important requirement for prospective locators in the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Abes said Subic's connection to the PLDT DFON in a series of rings, will reroute to other connections and will save them costly service disruptions. (MSN/Sunnex) |
