Converge eyes tapping marginalized households with P888 'budget-friendly' fiber plan

Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News

MANILA — Converge ICT Solutions Inc said on Thursday it launched a fiber plan for the segment below the middle class or the marginalized for P888 per month.BIDA Fiber will target the class C and D market who are not yet subscribed to any monthly internet plan, Converge founder Dennis Uy said in a briefing.This product complements its prepaid fiber internet product introduced in November last year, which Uy said "opened a vast" market for the pure fiber provider.Converge said the maximum speed for the BIDA Fiber is 35Mbps. There is no data cap but the connection to the router is limited to 6 devices, it added.Converge COO Jesus Romero said the budget-friendly fiber service hopes to encourage non-users to avail of a reliable internet connection."The prospects are quite positive, we're looking at the segment below the middle class which is about 8 million households," Romero said."Hopefully it will encourage non-users to apply for quality affordable fiber," he added. Converge earlier launched a prepaid fiber service which is reloadable for as low as P50 for 1 day.STREAMING SERVICEConverge also announced that its streaming service BlastTV went online last Aug. 9.It is currently available for free for Converge subscribers and can be accessed via a web browser, Romero said."It has a very wide selection which would allow our customers to better enjoy the time they allot for entertainment," he said. <ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/05/04/23/prepaid-fiber-at-p50-converge-offers-broadband-for-marginalized'>Prepaid fiber at P50, Converge offers broadband for 'marginalized'</a></li></ul>RELATED VIDEO<figure class='op-interactive'><iframe allow='autoplay; fullscreen' frameborder='0' height='100%' id='ivsplayer01' scrolling='no' src='https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&spid=3001339&vid=2626576' width='100%'></iframe></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more News on <a href='https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news' target='_blank'>iWantTFC</a></div>

Converge COO Jesus Romero said the budget-friendly fiber service hopes to encourage non-users to avail of a reliable internet connection."The prospects are quite positive, we're looking at the segment below the middle class which is about 8 million households," Romero said."Hopefully it will encourage non-users to apply for quality affordable fiber," he added. Converge earlier launched a prepaid fiber service which is reloadable for as low as P50 for 1 day.STREAMING SERVICEConverge also announced that its streaming service BlastTV went online last Aug. 9.It is currently available for free for Converge subscribers and can be accessed via a web browser, Romero said."It has a very wide selection which would allow our customers to better enjoy the time they allot for entertainment," he said. <ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/05/04/23/prepaid-fiber-at-p50-converge-offers-broadband-for-marginalized'>Prepaid fiber at P50, Converge offers broadband for 'marginalized'</a></li></ul>RELATED VIDEO<figure class='op-interactive'><iframe allow='autoplay; fullscreen' frameborder='0' height='100%' id='ivsplayer01' scrolling='no' src='https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&spid=3001339&vid=2626576' width='100%'></iframe></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more News on <a href='https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news' target='_blank'>iWantTFC</a></div>

This product complements its prepaid fiber internet product introduced in November last year, which Uy said "opened a vast" market for the pure fiber provider.Converge said the maximum speed for the BIDA Fiber is 35Mbps. There is no data cap but the connection to the router is limited to 6 devices, it added.

MANILA — Converge ICT Solutions Inc said on Thursday it launched a fiber plan for the segment below the middle class or the marginalized for P888 per month.BIDA Fiber will target the class C and D market who are not yet subscribed to any monthly internet plan, Converge founder Dennis Uy said in a briefing.

Converge ICT Solutions Inc said on Thursday it launched a fiber plan for the segment below the middle class or the marginalized for P888 per month.

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Converge eyes tapping marginalized households with P888 'budget-friendly' fiber plan

Converge eyes tapping marginalized households with P888 'budget-friendly' fiber plan