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PLDT, Globe, Converge, ABS-CBN and the country’s internet infrastructure problem.
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ABS-CBN: What Happens When a Licence Is Not Renewed
A licence is not an asset. It is a permission, and permissions can be withdrawn.
Converge: The Advantage of Having Nothing to Protect
Passing more homes than you can connect is how fibre operators destroy capital.
Globe: The Telecom Whose Best Business Was a Wallet
A subscriber base built for phone calls turned out to be the ideal foundation for banking the unbanked.
PLDT: A Century of Building the Network That Replaces the Last One
Every era’s cash cow funds the infrastructure that makes it obsolete. That is the whole business.
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