Singapore grants FBO license to Converge unit
Converge ICT Solutions Inc. may now provide international connectivity services in Singapore, as the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) granted a Facilities-based operations (FBO) Licence to Converge ICT Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Converge Ceo Director Dennis Anthony H. Uy said the license from the IMDA, a statutory board under the Singapore Ministry of Communications and Information, allows the company to deploy telecommunications infrastructure and provide connectivity services and fiber optic cable capacity to wholesale and enterprise customers in Singapore.
“the grant of an FBO license to our Singapore unit significantly bolsters the ability of the Converge group to sell international wholesale connectivity and capacity services, as we can now directly service clients in Singapore to cater their growing needs for intra-asia and trans-pacific connectivity requirements,” he said.
through the said license, Converge will have the right to provide international connectivity services in Singapore including ethernet-international Private Line (E-IPL) service, Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) service, Carrier ethernet network service, Internet Protocol virtual Private network (IP-VPN) services using Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), and sale and resale of submarine cable capacities.
Converge Sg was incorporated in 2021 to market and sell international cable capacity to carriers, Internet service providers, and telcos operating in Singapore.
Uy said Converge is strengthening its wholesale business, which he said, is an “important driver” for the Filipino company’s enterprise vertical.
As of end-september, the wholesale business of Converge grew by 52 percent, monetizing its domestic and international fiber capacity.
Converge is a member of several international fiber optic cable system consortiums, including the Bifrost Cable System, the Southeast Asia Hainan-hongkong express Cable System (SEA-H2X), and the EAC-C2C Cable Systems.
the company has points-ofpresence in Singapore, Hong Kong, taiwan, Japan, and the USA.
“our international backbone is now one of the biggest in the country, running at half utilization. We designed it that way so in case of fiber outage or submarine earthquakes, customer experience will not be affected. our diverse, fully redundant international network and the establishment of the Singapore office will help us make the Philippines a digital transit hub in Asia,” Converge Coo Jesus C. romero said.