Dito Telecom set to provide towns with dedicated fiber network

Dito Telecommunity Corp. on Sunday said it has signed an agreement to provide a dedicated nationwide fiber system to connect and enable municipalities to serve through a private network.

In a statement, Dito chief administrative officer Adel Tamano said the network will allow municipalities to provide additional services to their constituents.

"The mayors have committed to ensure ease of doing business in their respective municipalities to drive the extensive Dito roll out, in exchange, Dito will enable better collaboration and communication in the future through connectivity for all," Tamano said.

"The effort significantly affords Filipinos even in the smallest of municipalities the advanced applications that can be driven through the private network such as direct video for conferencing or security, public broadcast exchange, e-Education, e-Medicine, e-Permits, internet of things, IP PBX, VoIP; among other things, to better live-up to the promise of delivering the kind of connectedness and community that Filipinos long for," added Tamano.

For his part, League of Municipalities (LMP) president and incumbent Narvacan, Ilocos Sur Mayor Luis "Chavit" Singson will give municipalities better connections.

"Many of the Municipalities have limited internet services because of their lower population," he said.

"With the commitment of DITO to connect all the Municipalities via a dedicated fiber line, we are on the verge of something big, benefiting especially those in out-of-reach places like the farmers, the workers at the grassroots level who can now offer their local produce and services more immediately to the rest of the country or to the world, boosting greatly local economy up to the municipality level," added Singson.

Dito Telecom was declared as the new major player (NMP) in the Philippine telecommunications industry by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) on November 19, 2018.

With a minimum speed of 27 megabits per second and capital and operating expenses of P150 billion, the consortium led by Davao-based businessman Dennis Uy vowed to achieve a nationwide coverage of 37.03% in its first year of operations. —Jon Viktor Cabuenas/LBG, GMA News