Category: LTE

Globe adds more 700MHz cell sites across Metro Manila

Daniel Morial

Globe is aggressively rolling out 700MHz sites across the country with the main focus in the congested Metro Manila network. It has been almost 3 months since the telco first fired up its 700MHz spectrum.

700mhz-globe-map-2016

With reference to the image above, most of the major business districts and highly-populated areas in the Metro have already been covered by the prized spectrum. There are more than 150 sites that support 700MHz have been rolled out and most of them are in Metro Manila.

The company plans to activate more than 500 sites across the country by the end of the year. With the majority of the sites located in Metro Manila area, the telco could be able to cover most of the metropolitan district. With this, their subscribers should expect better mobile internet experience.

Following the acquisition of San Miguel’s BellTel assets, Globe will also deploy newer and better equipment to their radio base stations located in 95% of total municipalities and cities in the country. And, aside from the 700MHz band, the telco also gained additional allocations with the use of other frequencies like 1800, 2300, and 2600MHz.

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Globe adds more 700MHz cell sites across Metro Manila

Daniel Morial

Globe is aggressively rolling out 700MHz sites across the country with the main focus in the congested Metro Manila network. It has been almost 3 months since the telco first fired up its 700MHz spectrum.

700mhz-globe-map-2016

With reference to the image above, most of the major business districts and highly-populated areas in the Metro have already been covered by the prized spectrum. There are more than 150 sites that support 700MHz have been rolled out and most of them are in Metro Manila.

The company plans to activate more than 500 sites across the country by the end of the year. With the majority of the sites located in Metro Manila area, the telco could be able to cover most of the metropolitan district. With this, their subscribers should expect better mobile internet experience.

Following the acquisition of San Miguel’s BellTel assets, Globe will also deploy newer and better equipment to their radio base stations located in 95% of total municipalities and cities in the country. And, aside from the 700MHz band, the telco also gained additional allocations with the use of other frequencies like 1800, 2300, and 2600MHz.

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Globe fires up first 700MHz cell site in Quezon City

Daniel Morial

A week after the big Globe-PLDT acquisition of San Miguel’s precious low-frequency high-value 700MHz, Globe has just tested the broadcast through the said frequency.

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Photo from Globe ICON

Through their Globe ICON Facebook page, the telco has announced that they just turned the keys on for the first cell site in Diliman, Quezon City. Using 700MHz supported devices, initial tests showed around 30 to 100Mbps internet speed. This is about 3x faster than our usual mobile internet speeds when in a good day.

As stated in the post, this is just the first of many areas where Globe will send out faster LTE speeds through the 700MHz band. The question now is, what’s the actual speed when more users started utilizing the new network?

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Globe fires up first 700MHz cell site in Quezon City

Daniel Morial

A week after the big Globe-PLDT acquisition of San Miguel’s precious low-frequency high-value 700MHz, Globe has just tested the broadcast through the said frequency.

globe-icon-700mhz

Photo from Globe ICON

Through their Globe ICON Facebook page, the telco has announced that they just turned the keys on for the first cell site in Diliman, Quezon City. Using 700MHz supported devices, initial tests showed around 30 to 100Mbps internet speed. This is about 3x faster than our usual mobile internet speeds when in a good day.

As stated in the post, this is just the first of many areas where Globe will send out faster LTE speeds through the 700MHz band. The question now is, what’s the actual speed when more users started utilizing the new network?

Source

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5 Best Smartphones Available in PH with LTE-Advanced

Kevin Bruce Francisco

We’ve given you a rundown of 32 smartphones in the Philippines with LTE-A capability and from those, we handpicked the 5 cheapest handsets you can buy right now.  This simple guide shows you our 5 best phones from the same list based on their specifications and regardless of their price. Let’s get started.

Apple iPhone 6S Plus

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Apple iPhone 6s Plus specs:
5.5-inch Full HD IPS display, 401ppi
3D Touch
64-bit Apple A9 chip
Embedded M9 motion coprocessor
2GB RAM
16GB, 64GB, 128GB internal storage
12MP iSight BSI camera w/ 1.22µ pixels, dual-tone flash, OIS
4K video recording at 30fps
5MP BSI front camera w/ Retina Flash
LTE-A
WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, MIMO
Bluetooth 4.2
GPS, GLONASS
VoLTE
NFC
Touch ID
iOS9
2,915mAh battery
158.2 x 77.9 x 7.3 mm
192g
Price: Php37,990 (16GB), Php43,990 (64GB), Php49,990 (128GB)

Huawei Nexus 6P

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Huawei Nexus 6P specs:
5.7-inch WQHD AMOLED Display, 2560 x 1440 @ 515ppi
Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2.1 octa-core 64-bit processor
3GB RAM
64GB internal storage
12.3-megapixel rear camera with dual-LED flash
4K video recording
8-megapixel front camera
4G/LTE
WiFi 802.11ac
Bluetooth 4.1
GPS w/ A-GPS, GLONASS
Dual Front-facing speakers
MicroUSB Type-C port
Nexus Imprint
3,450mAh Li-Po battery
Android 6.0 Marshmallow
159.4 x 77.8 x 7.3mm (dimensions)
178 grams (weight)
Price: Php29,990

LG G5

LG G5 Philippines

LG G5 specs:
5.3-inch Quad HD IPS Quantum Display @ 2560×1440, 554ppi
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Processor
Adreno 530 GPU
4GB LPDDR4 RAM
32GB UFS ROM
microSD up to 2Terabytes
4G/LTE Cat. 12 up to 600Mbps
WiFi 802.11b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth 4.2
NFC
16MP rear camera (8MP wide angle)
8MP front-facing camera
2,800mAh Li-Ion battery (removable)
Android 6.0 Marshmallow
149.4 x 73.9 x 7.7mm (dimensions)
159g (weight)
USB Type-C
Silver, Titan, Gold, Pink
Price: Php34,990

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge 2

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge specs:
5.5-inch Super AMOLED Quad-HD display @ 2560 x 1440 resolution, 534ppi
Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Samsung Exynos 8890 64-bit octa-core CPU 2.6GHz
Mali T-880 GPU
4GB RAM
32GB/64GB internal storage
up to 200GB via microSD (uses SIM 2 slot)
12MP Dual Pixel rear camera dual-tone, dual LED flash, f/1.7 aperture
5 megapixel front-facing camera with f/1.7 aperture
Dual SIM (hybrid), dual LTE
WiFi 802.11ac
Bluetooth 4.1
NFC
Fast Wireless Charging,Fingerprint Scanner, and Heart-Rate Sensor
IP68 rating
Android 6.0 Marshmallow with TouchWiz
3,600mAh Li-Ion non-removable battery
Black and Gold
Price: 39,990

Xiaomi Mi 5

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Xiaomi Mi 5 specs:
5.15-inch full HD display @ 1920 x 1080 pixels, 428ppi
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 quad-core processor
Adreno 530 GPU
3GB / 4GB LPDDR4 RAM
32GB, 64GB / 128GB UFS 2.0 internal storage
4G+ LTE Cat. 12, up to 600Mbps
VoLTE support
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth 4.2
NFC
IR Blaster
GPS w/ A-GPS, GLONASS
Fingerprint sensor
USB Type-C
16-megapixel Sony IMX298 PDAF rear camera w/ dual-LED flash, 4-axis OIS
4-megapixel front camera
3000mAh battery w/ Quick Charge 3.0
Android 6.0 Marshmallow w/ MIUI 7
144.54 x 69.20 x 7.24 mm
129 g
Black, White, Gold
Price: Php15,000

 

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