Converge ICT Solutions Inc.’s aggressive expansion is seen to boost its fiber prepaid subscribers to 120,000 by end of the year as it taps the low income bracket of the country’s urban centers.
Converge, which launched its Surf2Sawa (S2S) prepaid fiber internet product in Tondo, one of its top served urban settlements, has more than 60,000 fiber prepaid subscribers to date.
The community event was held at the Sandiwaan Center just across Smokey Mountain.
“In Metro Manila, we are elated to see S2S prepaid fiber internet being the home broadband product of choice in dense communities in the City of Manila, Quezon City, Caloocan, and Taguig. This is a sign that these urban settlements are leveraging our pure fiber connectivity to augment their livelihood and answer their entertainment, social, and even financial needs,” Dennis Uy, Converge chief executive and co-founder, said.
“We are glad to enrich the digital lives of these neighborhoods and in our own way, help their socioeconomic development,” he quickly added.
S2S was initially launched in November and has a presence in over 400 cities and municipalities across the country.
As of end July, S2S serves customers in 554 cities and municipalities across Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao.
“For 2023, we hope to open in new areas in Luzon such as Kalinga and Occidental Mindoro, the Visayas, including Negros Oriental and Leyte, and Mindanao provinces like Sarangani, South Cotabato, and Bukidnon,” said Converge senior executive vice president and chief operations officer Jesus C. Romero.
Converge was able to strengthen its hold in key urban areas through a business model that recruits sales agents within the community as retailers, providing much needed livelihood opportunities in these neighborhoods.
Surf2Sawa is a prepaid fiber-to-the-home plan with various top-up options as low as P50, load for one-day service up to P700 for a 30-day unlimited connectivity, which is its most widely subscribed plan. The modem limits concurrent users to only six devices, with an average speed of 25 Mbps.
With more than eight million ports deployed across the country as of March this year, Converge is well-positioned to capitalize on this prepaid opportunity with its expansive digital infrastructure.
