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--- country-profiles:philippines [2020/01/28 21:49] – [Technical and Administrative Requirements] mabarela
+++ country-profiles:philippines [2020/01/28 22:03] – [Backhaul] mabarela
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 ==== Licensing Fees ====
-===== Access to Spectrum =====
+===== Current Spectrum Assignment =====
 ==== Technical and Administrative Requirements ====
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 ===== Backhaul =====
+Lifted from [[https://dict.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017.08.09-National-Broadband-Plan.pdf|National Broadband Plan]]
+==== International Connectivity ====
+As an archipelago of more than 7000 islands, the Philippines' international access and connectivity is supported mainly by submarine  cable systems. Overall, as of first quarter of 2016, there are seven (7) international submarine cable landing stations which are  operational (active) in the country. These are operated by PLDT, Globe Telecom and Telstra/Pacnet.
+To supplement  submarine  cable  systems  connecting  the  country  globally  and complement  the  domestic  backbones,  there  are  at  least eighteen (18) satellite providers that cater their VSAT services in the country.
+==== Domestic Connectivity ====
+The backbone infrastructure comprise of PLDT's Domestic Fiber Optic Network (DFON) and Globe Telecom's Fiber Optic Backbone Network (FOBN). In addition to this is the National Grid Corporation of the Philippine’s (NGCP) private telecommunication network nationwide.
 ===== Gender =====
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 ===== Resources / References =====
+[[https://dict.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017.08.09-National-Broadband-Plan.pdf|DICT National Broadband Plan]]
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