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Elijah Felice Rosales - The Philippine Star
March 15, 2026 | 12:00am
Converge COO Benjamin Azada said the company is spending up to P23 billion for capital expenditures this year to expand its infrastructure network in the south.
Businessworld / File
MANILA, Philippines — Broadband provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. is pouring infrastructure and marketing efforts this year in Visayas and Mindanao to build up presence in towns surrounding urban districts.
Converge COO Benjamin Azada said the company is spending up to P23 billion for capital expenditures this year to expand its infrastructure network in the south.
He said Converge aims to capture more subscribers in Capiz, Samar, Davao de Oro and Sultan Kudarat, seeing that connectivity demand in these provinces is increasing.
In Visayas, Converge has yet to lay down a respectable number of fiber lines to cover Samar. The provider is also lacking the fiber network to serve municipalities surrounding major districts in Mindanao like Cagayan de Oro and Davao City.
Converge is eyeing to expand its fiber backbone by as many as 900,000 ports this year. If achieved, this will increase Converge’s cable network to roughly 10 million, opening up more opportunities for subscriber acquisition.
The internet service provider owned by tech tycoon Dennis Anthony Uy also added high-paying businesses to its customer base last year, reaping the fruits of efforts to develop enterprise-grade solutions.
Converge was tapped to be the connectivity provider of two of the largest banks in the Philippines; a premier hospital; and a medical institution with academic facilities.
Azada said Converge is progressing in graduating from being just a broadband provider, to becoming a technology company with new services on artificial intelligence, cloud computing, among others.
For 2026, Converge expects revenue to grow between eight and 10 percent, lifted by the addition of new residential and enterprise subscribers. The company ended 2025 with a customer base of 2.98 million, roughly one million shy of its 2027 target of four million.
