Fydah Marie Sabando-Del Rosario
Already known for its state-of-the-art urban planning and as one of the country’s top highly urbanized cities, Iloilo is now chasing a different ambition: to become a smart city.
After posting the fastest economic growth in Western Visayas in 2024 at 7.1 percent, well above the regional average of 4.3 percent, Iloilo is turning its attention to building a digital backbone that can keep pace with its expanding economy.
To help get there, the city has tapped a telco company whose own rise has been just as swift. Converge ICT Solutions Inc., the fiber broadband provider led by Pampanga-based tycoon Dennis Anthony Uy, entered the Philippine telco market only in 2012, but has since emerged as one of the industry’s fastest-growing players.
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