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

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Jessica Fenol, ABS-CBN News

<p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>This product complements its prepaid fiber internet product introduced in November last year, which Uy said &quot;opened a vast&quot; market for the pure fiber provider.</p><p>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.</p><p>Converge COO Jesus Romero said the budget-friendly fiber service hopes to encourage non-users to avail of a reliable internet connection.</p><p>&quot;The prospects are quite positive, we&#x27;re looking at the segment below the middle class which is about 8 million households,&quot; Romero said.</p><p>&quot;Hopefully it will encourage non-users to apply for quality affordable fiber,&quot; he added. </p><p>Converge earlier launched a prepaid fiber service which is reloadable for as low as P50 for 1 day.</p><div><strong>STREAMING SERVICE</strong></div><p>Converge also announced that its streaming service BlastTV went online last Aug. 9.</p><p>It is currently available for free for Converge subscribers and can be accessed via a web browser, Romero said.</p><p>&quot;It has a very wide selection which would allow our customers to better enjoy the time they allot for entertainment,&quot; he said. </p><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 &#x27;marginalized&#x27;</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><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&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;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 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

Jessica Fenol,

ABS-CBN News

Published August 10, 2023 11:41 AM PHT

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