MANILA Electric Co. (Meralco) subsidiary Radius Telecom Inc. yesterday introduced a prepaid fiber home broadband service in select areas in the country.
In a statement, Radius through its brand name RED Fiber said the new fiber internet product offers flexibility and is free from monthly services fees.
These come with RED Fiber On Demand, which offers renewable short-term plans for 1 day, 7 days, 14 days, and 1 month. Once the plan expires, customers can just easily top up at their own convenience via the RED Fiber customer dashboard.
Radius is targeting entrepreneurs offering short-term rentals, and even lessees or tenants with short-term lease contracts to avail of the service with plan options as low as P45 for the 35 Mbps plan and a one-time installation fee of P1,999.
Customers will get a modem and enjoy a pure fiber internet connection without any lock-in periods. Customers can opt to sign up for the connection speed that they need, whenever they need it.
As a bonus to new customers, all new RED Fiber On Demand services come with a free speed boost of 100 megabits per second (Mbps) for one month.
Customers are able to choose the connection speed that will fit their needs as RED Fiber offers lag-free internet connection with speeds ranging from 35 Mbps to 400 Mbps. This service is powered by Radius’ 100 percent fiber optic network which assures 90 percent service reliability to its customers.
Launched in November 2020, RED Fiber is available in select areas in Metro Manila, Laguna, Cavite, Rizal, Bulacan, and Cebu with service packages like Internet Only Plans and Dual Play Plans, which provide a variety of high-definition IPTV channels in partnership with CignalTV, the country’s no.1 direct-to-home satellite provider.
The company serves a wide array of enterprises spanning several industries, including banking, manufacturing, telecommunications, business process outsourcing, and retail.
Through its network upgrade, Radius now has a core network capacity of more than 1.2 terabits per second (Tbps), increasing its capabilities to support the digital transformation and rising bandwidth requirements of Philippine Enterprises. Radius also has a presence in Singapore and Hong Kong.
Radius also ventured beyond its core business of data, internet, and managed services to provide cloud-related services, Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) solutions, and Security as a Service (SECaaS) offerings that provide clients ease and flexibility in monitoring and offerings that provide vulnerabilities in their business operations.
